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#3 Brooklyn Nets
Win-Loss Record: 300-504 (37.31%)
The Brooklyn Nets may have gotten big names last off-season, but this turnaround just started about three years ago. Get ready, because this franchise had some long, long journey to get here.
To start the 2009-2010 season, the then-New Jersey Nets started 0-18, recording the worst ever start in NBA history. They went on to lose 40 of their first 43 games before falling 4-46 after 50 games. This tied for the worst 50-game record across three major American sports—the NBA, MLB, NHL. They ended the season with only 12 wins.
In 2010, Bill Prokhorov bought a majority stake of the Nets and promised to get them to the playoffs in a year and get them a ring in just five years. Guess what? They have yet to get past the second round this decade.
Moreover, despite getting the best lottery odds in the 2010 NBA Draft, they only got the #3 pick, which they used to draft Derrick Favors. They started the season with a 17-40 record all the while creating distraction by trying to get Carmelo Anthony. Billy King never struck a deal so he traded Favors and a 2013 first round pick in haste for Deron Williams. Much to everyone's disappointment, they went 7-18 after the trade. Before the season ended, they traded two of their players and a 2012 1st round pick (which turned out to be Damian Lillard) for Gerald Wallace.
Then, just before the 2012 season started, they traded five players in their roster, their 2013 1st round pick, and their 2017 2nd round pick in exchange for Joe Johnson. They started the season 14-14 and rightfully fired their coach. They actually ended up being the 4th seed but they lost in the first round to the 5th seed Bulls.
The following season, they hired Jason Kidd, who had zero coaching experience and was just a great household name for the Nets. It was also in 2013 when the the infamous trade with the Boston Celtics happened. The Nets traded away five players plus unprotected picks that turned out to be studs Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brown and Collin Sexton for aged Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Terry.
In 2014, Pierce left for free agency, stating how awful the franchise was. The Nets then started the season 18-28 before trading Garnett for Thad Young in February, 2015. The debacle continues as they bench and try to trade Williams, who had suffered inijuries throughout his tenure. They ended up waiving Williams after the season.
The Nets started the 2015 season with a 7-20 record, and on January 2016, Lionel Hollins and Billy King were fired. They finish with a 21-61 record and handed Boston the 3rd pick.
Thankfully, they are doing better now with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving joining the team. They also have a great young core in Dinwiddie, Allen, LeVert, and Harris. They are currently coached by Kenny Atkinson, someone who did great in changing the culture and bringing the Nets to the playoffs last year.
