When the Nets traded for James Harden just over two years ago, it was to form a superstar Big 3 unlike anything the NBA had ever seen. It was to win titles and create a superteam.

But after three sure Hall of Famers all forced their way out in just 12 tumultuous months, that superteam dream is dead. With Harden already gone a year earlier, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant followed him out the door a week ago.

How could what should have become New York’s first major champion in a decade turn into the biggest sporting disappointment this city has seen since the 1992 Mets, aka The Worst Team Money Could Buy? How did it go so wrong so quickly?

Mainly because it was never really right.