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As the Nets skid their way closer to the play-in tournament and home-court advantage grows more distant each game, there is a tendency to look around and see where help can come from.

Players on other teams will be bought out. Young pieces can be traded for veteran contributors. The G League can be farmed.

Playing alongside — in some capacity at least — Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving should draw the attention of any possible addition. But the emerging star of the Nets’ minor league team isn’t contemplating a surprise playoff run, much less a surprise call-up.