The long lead time for a monthly magazine was not helpful for Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov

From the January/February 2014 issue of The Atlantic, several people answered the question Q: What party would you most like to have attended?

One answer might have been filed with just a little too much lead time:

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian politician and owner, Brooklyn Nets: The Brooklyn Nets’ NBA championship party. Put it on your calendar.

The Nets had high ambitions with their new roster, but, as of today, the Nets are 10-20, which is three games behind the Boston Celtics in the race for the last Eastern Conference playoff spot.

They are one game ahead of the lousy Knicks, but, for purposes of comparison, consider that coach Avery Johnson was fired at the end of December last year when the team was 14-14, though on a 3-10 losing streak.