Brooklyn Nets
Vegas Over/Under: 28.5
Fromal’s Record Projection: 28-54 The Bet: Avoid but lean under
The Brooklyn Nets may be unbelievably capable using a healthy Jeremy Lin, an improved D’Angelo Russell and fresh wings appearing in the forms of Allen Crabbe and DeMarre Carroll.
Should everyone jell instantly, they might even surprise the basketball-watching planet and break beyond the 30-win barrier, and that is why you need to avoid this wager at all costs.
Wagering on teams with upside down is inherently debatable because youth is often so unpredictable.
The Nets aren’t deep. Jarrett Allen characters to play a prominent role during his rookie season. Isaiah Whitehead and Caris LeVert will be thrust back into bigger missions if either member of the starting backcourt goes right down. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has responsibility at this early stage of the career.
But upside persists.
The most likely outcome remains allowing the kids learn while being thrown into the fire and floundering away. That just means that an explosion from a couple of players is not out of the question, and adding marginal victories is a simpler task for bottom-feeders than true contenders.
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