 Complete the following phrase:  Entering the 200102 season, the New Jersey Nets were enduring a three-year playoff drought and had a 73141 record over that span. In 1999, the Nets hired Rod Thorn as team president and immediately, he hired the recently retired Byron Scott to coach New Jersey. Thorn then dealt for Stephon Marbury in a three-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves, trading Sam Cassell away to the Bucks. Due to the Nets 3151 season in 19992000 season, they had the first overall pick in the 