The Brooklyn Nets are the NBA's latest super team, but to most league circles, they feel more like villains. That has been a familiar narrative as superstars have joined forces in years past.

We saw it when LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade on the Miami Heat. Kevin Durant's move to the Golden State Warriors wasn't exactly warmly received, either. KD is once again the centerpiece on this Nets version, making him and the rest of the franchise a virtual lightning rod for fan hatred.

But Nets head coach Steve Nash had some strong words for everyone disparaging what Brooklyn has tried to do.

Via New York Post's Brian Lewis:

“I don’t even know what that means, villains. … A lot of it is just narratives. People love to talk hoops and barbershop and whatever,” the Nets coach said. ‘It’s not like we did anything illegal. I don’t know what we’re supposed to do, not try to add to our roster, and just sit pat? That’s the idea of this league is to try to put together the best team you can.”

Long-time Nets wing Joe Harris, who figured in some of their down seasons during their rebuild, could only laugh amid the branding they've been given by everyone else.

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“All of it is definitely interesting to me,” Harris said with a chuckle. “You look over the span of the last five years … we went from being a team that was really an afterthought amongst everyone in the NBA to now this favorite, the villain, whatever you want to say.”

Just a few seasons prior, the Nets were the but of every tanking joke. For them to be considered completely overpowered with Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving now on their team is definitely polarizing. But ask true Brooklyn faithful and they'll tell you it's better than being irrelevant.