From MLB to the NBA – somehow, the NBA season is upon us next week.
Didn’t the Lakers just win the NBA title a couple of weeks ago?
Yes, we’re in a pandemic, and, yes, none of us has any idea what day of the week it is any more.
And in all this confusion, the most confused, I believe, are the Brooklyn Nets.
Yes, the Nets, the supposed latest super team-in-progress.
But, my friends, there is a fine line between a super team-in-progress and a dumpster fire-in-progress.
They paid Kevin Durant $161 million for a four-year deal.
They paid Kyrie Irving $141 million for a four-year deal.
Guess what? This is already the second year of those deals.
Last season Durant did not play and Irving played only 20 games.
This has the makings of a multimillion dollar disaster, like Waterworld.
Sure, when healthy, Durant and Irving are two of the top 15 players in the NBA.
But Durant is recovering from an Achilles injury – you often do NOT recover from an Achilles tear and he’s 32 years old.
Irving also is a bit injury-prone – he’s only played as many as 75 games once in his nine-year career.
In addition, Durant is a delicate flower; the New York media alone might kill him, and Irving doesn’t even want to deal with the media anymore, which I’ll deal with momentarily.
You know how they say sometimes that something looks good on paper?
I don’t even think this looks good on paper.
I’ll be shocked if they win the conference title.
In fact, if the Nets ever make the NBA Finals with Durant and Irving, I will buy the Brooklyn Bridge.
It would be cool to own a bridge.