A good part about having a team that’s not contending for anything is that the coach can play around with various lineups. This is exactly what Kenny Atkinson is doing with the Brooklyn Nets.
The Brooklyn Nets aren’t a team that’s incredibly top-heavy regarding talent. Brook Lopez and Jeremy Lin are clearly the best two players on the team, but the guys below them aren’t too far below on the skill tree.
Since Lin’s hamstring injury, Kenny Atkinson’s deployed many lineups, but most of them haven’t worked out well. The issue surrounding each lineup is the same: defense. No matter who gets thrown out there, they struggle. It’s how the Nets are. On offense is where the separation occurs, and some units struggle to manufacture points.
The lineup that’s constructed below will be the most versatile one because the Nets just can’t compete if they throw out a strictly offensive or strictly defensive unit.