The challenge the Nets are facing with their huge draft haul
NY Post
Having five first-round picks is a First World problem.
But that doesn’t change the fact the Nets have a challenge in front of them: How to develop them all?
This draft class is going to be the foundation of Brooklyn’s rebuild. How can they possibly hope to give the entire quintet enough playing time — much less attention and tutelage — to see them all grow into what the Nets will need them to be?
“That’s a good question,” Jordi Fernández said. “They’re going to have to earn it. That’s how it should be. They’ll put the work in. They’ve already shown who they are. That’s why we drafted them.
“Then it’s going to be my decision to go and put five guys on the court, to have a 10-man rotation and go through the process.
“That’s definitely on me. Player development is going to be important. We’ve been very diligent.
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