NBA: One burning question for every team as the 2017-18 stretch run begins
Brooklyn Nets
Burning Question: Can Jahlil Okafor can be a player?
The Brooklyn Nets made the low-risk, high-reward trade for Jahlil Okafor earlier this season. Even though Okafor hasn’t played much with the Nets, Brooklyn needs to figure out if he can potentially be a player in this league.
Okafor is a free agent after this season, and the Nets will have the best gauge on the player that he could be.
Brooklyn will have the inside track, and if they plan on re-signing Okafor this summer, they better hope they’re right on him. This a franchise that can’t really afford to make offseasons mistakes. Not right now.