Interesting quote from Kevin O Connor on Nets pick

[Moranis]

We've put the "no incentive to tank" myth to bed. It's dead, buried and worm food by now. The "no incentive to tank" Nets gave us the #1 and #3 picks. Yet we've heard time and time again how the Nets picks wouldn't be as good as expected because 4-5 other teams would tank and pass the Nets in the loss column. It didn't happen.

It's simple. Really bad teams are really bad regardless of any (usually mythical) tanking incentive. The whole narrative of teams with incentive to tank somehow changing the draft order in any substantial manner is largely a myth. 

The Nets are 3-4. Big whoop. They were 3-4 last year and finished with a whopping 20 wins. However, we don't own their pick this year so I really don't care what happens in the other 75 games this year outside of them losing to the Celtics a few times.

The have a better coach and more talent this year. That is the difference. And that could be the difference between that pick being #1 or #6-9.

The Nets have the same coach this year as they had last year, but they definitely have more overall talent.  I've been saying all summer I thought they would be 6th or 7th worst team(depending on what the Knicks did with Anthony).