August tends to be a quiet month around the NBA. We could sure use it after such a frenzied start to the offseason fraught with daily news of superstars changing addresses.
However, for a team such as the Nets — one that plans to rely on many young players — this is the time when the real work gets done if they want to rise above the ashes from the dumpster fires they left behind the last few seasons.
Through a series of trades since February’s deadline, Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks has remodeled the roster into one that is now at least intriguing on its face.