The Nets have devolved into a trainwreck, and some have begun pleading for the team to switch tracks.

A team with championship aspirations is 6-9. The 153 (!) points they surrendered to the Kings (!) on Tuesday was a franchise-worst for a regulation game. The plan built around Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is not working. The pieces around those stars — most notably a purported alleged fellow star in Ben Simmons — have come up much too short.

There is a large segment of the fan base that — three years and just one playoff series victory after signing Durant and Irving — is in favor of blowing up this experiment. Or, returning to the previous metaphor, hitting the brakes on attempting to contend and trading trains for tanks. The Nets are not winning with a peak Durant. Irving is suspended. Simmons might as well be. This is the time to accept defeat.

Except there would be no worse time to accept defeat.