Billy King spent his tenure with the Brooklyn Nets in constant "win-now" mode.

Mikhail Prokhorov and his chief basketball lieutenant, Dmitry Razumov, approved every move made by King.

Razumov reportedly played a major role in the Nets' trade for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, which will send their 2016, 2017 (pick swap) and 2018 first rounders to the Boston Celtics.

"He still thinks they're only a year away from competing," a veteran team executive said Monday. "You're like three or four years away."