Nets Notes: Randle, Porter, C. Johnson, Fernandez, Brown

The Nets need a heavy dose of veteran leadership from Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr. to recover from their 0-5 start, writes Brian Lewis of The New York Post . After going to overtime at Boston on Tuesday, the team fell flat in Friday’s NBA Cup opener, losing at home by 16 points to Detroit. Lewis states that the players’ bad body language offers a warning that the downward spiral could continue.