When Nets coach Jacque Vaughn welcomes his players for training camp beginning on Oct. 3, for the first time in years, they’ll be bracing for a season without a superstar.

That means facing a campaign without championship contention. But that doesn’t make it a lost season.

They’re not rebuilding. They’re resetting.

The departures of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in February may have shut the championship window, but it doesn’t mean the Nets would or should go pursuing the likes of Damian Lillard.