Nets general manager Sean Marks, whose team finished the season an NBA-worst 20-62, will spend the summer trying to make them better. But from the stars to the coach, the Nets will spend the offseason trying to make themselves better.
“We’re obsessed with that as a staff, one-through-15: How can we get those guys better?’’ coach Kenny Atkinson said. “I’m sure I have a wish list that’s Utopian, but where we are we have to keep taking a lot of pride in developing the players we have. … To me, that’s your wish list: Get these guys better that are on your roster.”
An 11-13 finish to the season didn’t satisfy the Nets or obscure a 9-49 start.
“We believe we can be so much better than that. It’s going to take all of us coming together even more, getting out of our comfort zone, and putting in a lot of work this offseason,’’ said Brook Lopez, who also pointed to the sizable performance team, which gives the Nets an edge in training most clubs don’t have.
“We need to be better defending the rim, we need to be better shooters, need to be better passers. A lot of that being a better passer falls on me in terms of making better reads in our system,’’ said Jeremy Lin, adding the Nets need to rely on work before reinforcements.