If goodwill is a commodity, the Nets are tapped out.
They were arguably the most disliked team in sports — and that was back when their own fans liked them. The past year has seemingly turned half of Brooklyn against them as well with a string of controversies that have come to a head this week.
Kevin Durant requesting a trade or the firing of Steve Nash and Sean Marks? That’s passé and well in the past. But Kyrie Irving’s latest drama — promoting a film filled with anti-Semitic tropes — is the present. And potentially hiring suspended coach Ime Udoka — in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal with the Celtics — to replace Nash could be their future, a landmine the Nets have to see coming, but still seem intent on stepping on.
“Let’s be honest about it, let’s just call it what it is … We spend so much time talking about all the things happening off the court that deter us from how skillful this team is on the court,” said ESPN’s Jason Williams, who grew up in Plainfield, NJ, as a Nets fan, but is one of many who have gone from rooting to revolted.



