Nets give peek at potential starting five in lopsided preseason win

The Nets rolled to a 123-88 rout of Hapoel Jerusalem in a lopsided preseason opener that revealed absolutely nothing.

There is little to take from a game this mismatched, other than generalities.

The Nets will defend and scrap, even in games and moments that don’t matter. They’ll be physical, maybe a little too much. The Nets were sloppy and foul-prone when they shouldn’t have been, against an overmatched team that couldn’t beat them off the dribble. But by and large, there were few nits to pick.

Coach Jordi Fernández went with a starting lineup of Ben Saraf, Cam Thomas, Terance Mann, Michael Porter Jr. and Nic Claxton. That’s probably not too far off from the optimal Nets quintet, though point guard is a position in flux.

The Nets drafted three point guards in the first round in June