Two years ago the Nets struggled badly limping to a 28 win season, but now after splashing out on four veteran free agents, their young team may suddenly be serious contenders in The Eastern Conference in 2019-20. They made huge strides last year finishing as the No 6 seeds but their postseason trip was short-lived, losing 4-1 to divisional rivals the 76ers in the first round. However, adding a bunch of All-Stars can quickly change your fortunes and they really have pushed the boat out on that one.<\/p>\n
Their new additions (medicals allowing) are:<\/p>\n
Garrett Temple who will add some defensive steel and at 33 still has a couple of good seasons in him yet.\u00a0 Signed to a two-year, $10 million contract.<\/p>\n
All-NBA centre DeAndre Jordan on a four years $40 million deal.<\/p>\n
Add these two to Six-Time Allstar Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant and the rebuild has been done in record time.<\/p>\n
Suddenly the Atlantic Division looks scarily competitive and four teams from it look set to make the playoffs again this coming season – however, the Nets will be expecting to finish higher than fourth this time around.<\/p>\n
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