Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Bryan Toporek covers the NBA for Forbes Sports. One of the toughest tasks for an NBA front office is knowing when a team has run its course.

Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving is a talented but outspoken basketball ... going pro came alive on a school field trip to the New Jersey Nets' stadium. After the trip, when he was about nine ...

In three years with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving under contract, the Nets have won just one playoff series. This tumultuous season featured Irving missing 53 games because he was unvaccinated ...