Kenny Atkinson and the revitalization of Brooklyn basketball
It's October 2016 and Kenny Atkinson makes his way into the Nets locker room. He surveys the room, taking in what is now his team. A team that finished dead last in the league the year prior. Brook Lopez, Jeremy Lin, and Bojan Bogdanović headline the roster along with rookie first-round pick Caris LeVert. As training camp progresses, one thing becomes abundantly clear: There will be no quick fix. Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks had accepted this reality. This was a team w