All teams are supposed to enter any new season with a blank slate and with a certain outward optimism that anything can be possible.

There also have been plenty of examples of franchises willing to embrace — or at least reluctantly accepting — tanking for a season or more to properly rebuild from the ground up.

You certainly have heard it all before: Trust the process, as they say.

The Nets are among a handful of NBA teams currently facing that reality, but they are certainly not alone in the race to the bottom to maximize draft positioning.