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Things are bad, objectively bad. The Nets have lost 118 games in two years, having missed the post-season three straight seasons. There’s not an All-Star, past or current, on the roster. No matter what you believe, their decision to draft five rookies in the first round continues to be excoriated. Going back further, they haven’t won more than 45 games in any of the last ten seasons. They’ve won a single playoff series in that stretch.
Then, there’s this non-fun fact from Nets Insider if you want to go way way back…
Well, something didn’t give on Lottery night so going into the 2026-season, a couple of Nets losses and Timberwolves wins and Brooklyn moves to the top of that list. Ugh.
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While the plan to get into the top three of lottery odds succeeded, the tank ultimately failed Sunday when the Nets fell to No. 6 in the Draft, three spots lower than what they had hoped for. The effect on everyone from the owner to lowest fan was devastating.
Read what Bucks beat writer Mike Owczarski, the Bucks beat writer who was in the Draft Room, wrote about Joe Tsai’s reaction when, by just one ping pong ball, the Nets’ season-long hopes were dashed.
The most expressive reaction, however, came Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai who slumped in his chair and stared dejectedly at the board.
Fans, of course, did more than slump in their chairs. They threw them.
Of course, the palpable fan anger is about more than Lottery luck. The drop has become the most recent manifestation of the team’s history of not just bad luck, but bad losses, bad trades, bad picks and now a growing reputation as a cursed franchise. It is the cumulative effect. (When NBA writers see your team as cursed and pitiable, that’s pretty bad.)
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Plans for the coming season may have to be adjusted, too. After all, the Nets had hoped that getting a top three or four pick would improve their ability to snag free agents or players unhappy with their current situations.
And so, fans want the GM fired and/or the owner to sell, a new start! This week we saw this being marketed…
Not very flattering. The reality is there’s no indication…
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Publish date : 2026-05-17 17:34:00
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