Recently, former NBA player Joe Johnson participated in the "Run It Back".

When talking about the Nets' Big Five, Joe Johnson said: "I thought we could beat the Heat. We got Pierce, KG, Terry, and we also appeared in Sports Illustrated. We started at 5-15, which was too embarrassing. We had no face in New York, but Deron and Brooke were both injured. If there were no injuries, we could beat the Heat."

In 2013, the Nets completed a shocking deal with the Celtics. The Nets got Garnett, Pierce and others from the Celtics to form the "Big Five". The specific details of the transaction are: the Nets gave Marshan Brooks, Gerald Wallace, Keith Bogans, Chris Joseph, Chris Humphries and four first-round picks, and obtained Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Jason Terry, DJ White and the second-round pick in 2017 from the Celtics.

The Nets thus formed the "Big Five" starting lineup of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Garnett and Lopez, with Kidd as head coach. However, such a gamble-style deal failed to achieve the expected results. The lineup only lasted for one season and was disintegrated after losing to the Heat 1-4 in the playoff Eastern Conference semi-finals.