The Nets came close to winning it all last year — it feels possible that had they beaten the Bucks in the second round that they’d have won it all in the first year of the Kevin Durant-James Harden-Kyrie Irving partnership. But they didn’t, at least in part due to injuries to Irving and Harden in the playoffs. Now, in 2021-22, all eyes are on Brooklyn as they enter the season as title favorites thanks to their Big 3 coming in healthy from the start.