Kobe draft, Kareem lowball, Kidd trade

An upcoming movie about how the then-New Jersey Nets missed out on the late, great Kobe Bryant is the latest reminder of one of the worst decisions in the history of a franchise haunted by a long, sad history of bad decisions.

But from passing on Bryant to trading for Jason Kidd, from mortgaging their future to moving addresses, Sports+ will take a look back at some of the best and worst calls that the Nets have ever made.

Sadly, there probably have been a few more of the latter than the former.

Starting with the decision that prompted the exercise, missing out on Bryant in the fateful 1996 NBA Draft…