There are also teams like the Nets that have been contenders in the past.  However, Brooklyn has made multiple big-time trades over the last three seasons. While the Nets are suffering in 2024-25 because of it,

After Sunday's 112-111 overtime loss at the Utah Jazz, Brooklyn Nets big men Ben Simmons and Nic Claxton explained what the recent losing was like.

The Brooklyn Nets will face the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday at Moda Center. Ben Simmons and Nic Claxton are questionable on the team’s injury report for the front end of a back-to-back. Simmons is managing a lower back injury and has left knee soreness,