Nets owner Joe Tsai admitted that managing NBA players, juggling various egos and alpha personalities, was “difficult.” Few owners in pro sports have ever learned that lesson as publicly or painfully as Tsai.

The Nets have been a crystal-clear example of that and a glaring cautionary tale.

Tsai’s dynasty that never was.

The Nets assiduously constructed a supposed superteam on paper, only to watch their three superstars — Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant — light that paper on fire.