The Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets became inextricably entangled when the Celtics’ last title core was dealt to the Nets by then-team president Danny Ainge for the picks and players that built Boston’s current contending iteration while Brooklyn famously flopped.
The joke seemed to be on the Celtics for a hot second however when star point guard Kyrie Irving left the team to join Kevin Durant in Brooklyn. However, Irving’s mercurial temperament caused that situation to implode as well. Has there ever been such a hapless NBA franchise in the history of the league?
