Nets may not be quite as bad as last season. They now have:
D'angelo Russell, Jeremy Lin and Isaiah Whitehead in the backcourt,
Allen Crabbe, Joe Harris, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Caris Levert and Demarre Carroll on the wings,
and Zeller, Mozgov, and Trevor Booker inside.
Combine that with no incentive to tank, and they can do alright in the east.