The Nets are not the worst

With their victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, the New Jersey Nets got their 10th win of the season, which ensures that they will not finish with the worst record of all time. I went to a Nets game about a week ago and it was a bizarre experience. Literally, the arena was half empty (and they were playing D-Wade!) and it was quiet as a morgue. It did not feel like a professional basketball game. The Nets move to Newark next year and in two years move to Brooklyn where the team will be renamed the Brooklyn Nets. Not a very good team name in my opinion but I digress. There is hope for the future of the Nets with the new Russian owner, good young players like Brooke Lopez and Devin Harris, and hopefully getting John Wall in the draft. Now that the Nets will not go down in history as the worst team of all time, Nets fans should hope for losses the rest of the way. Why you ask? Because there is a chance that the Nets could surpass the Minnesota Timberwolves (who have 14 wins) and then Minnesota would have a better chance of first pick in the draft. If the Nets get first pick the starting five would look something like this: John Wall, Brooke Lopez, Devin Harris, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and someone else. Not necessarily a playoff team, but not that bad. I wonder if people will go to games in Newark next year, and I really wonder who will go to Brooklyn. But it can't be less people than in East Rutherford and when Jay-Z is partially responsible for a team's success, anything is possible.