Image via WikipediaTop Offensive Player: Devin Harris
Top Defensive Player: Brook Lopez
Top Playmaker: Terrence Williams
Top Clutch Player: Devin Harris
The Unheralded Player: Anthony Morrow
Best New Addition: Derrick Favors
Strengths
The only thing worse than losing, is losing with old guys. Thankfully, the Nets are the youngest team in the NBA and because of that, all mistakes are theoretically correctable. New Jersey finished last year on a 5-7 stretch, which was actually a marked improvement. If that's the starting point for this season, things might not be so bad and perhaps the playoffs aren't out of the question.
Weaknesses
In the absence of any truly great scorers, the Nets' offense became stagnant last year. And since LeBron James and Chris Bosh never arrived, that isn't likely to change. New coach Avery Johnson will be asked to turn a handful of solid offensive players into a scoring force. That's going to be difficult for a team that finished last in the NBA in offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions) a season ago.
Can former Mavericks coach Avery Johnson and former Mavs guard Devin Harris start anew in New Jersey, or will their contentious past resurface?
Harris was Johnson's guy in Dallas before he was traded for Jason Kidd. Sure, Johnson couldn't stop the trade from going down, he tried, but both seem to be excited for a new start in Newark. The bottom line is, this relationship has to work if the pair has any chance of changing their recent fortunes.
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