If the Brooklyn Nets are to ever win an elusive NBA title, this might be the year.

There are three can’t-miss reasons why the current team, coached by Steve Nash, might ring the loudest bell—something the franchise has never done since joining the NBA in 1976.

If you haven’t been properly introduced, it’s time to meet “The Big Three.”

• Kevin Durant (13th season out of University of Texas): age 32, 6-foot-10; two-time NBA champ (2017 and 2018); two-time NBA finals MVP (2017 and 2018); league MVP (2014); four-time NBA scoring champ (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014); 11-time NBA All-Star; career scoring average 27.0 points (26.9 this year).

• Kyrie Irving (10th season out of Duke University): age 29, 6-foot-2; seven-time NBA All-Star; NBA champion (2016); NBA All-Star MVP (2014); All-Star 3-point champion (2013); Rookie of the Year (2012); career scoring average 22.8 points (18.4 this season).

• James Harden (12th season out of Arizona State University): age 32; 6-foot-5; League MVP (2018); nine-time NBA All-Star; six-time All-NBA; three- time NBA scoring champ (2018, 2019 and 2020); NBA assists leader (2017); career scoring average 25.1 points (24.6 this season).

It’s not like the three grew up popping jumpers in their home arena, the Barclays Center.

All three have come to the Brooklyn Nets in trades and all three have injuries on their considerable résumés. In fact, Harden suffered a pulled hamstring in the Nets’ series opener against the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern region semifinals. His status is shaky.

With “The Big Three” in and out of the lineup due to injuries, the Nets posted a 48-24 regular season record and blitzed the Boston Celtics 4 games to 1 in the playoffs’ opening round.

Brooklyn opened the Eastern semifinals with a win over Milwaukee. Even with Harden resting in Game Two on Monday, the Brooklyn Nets annihilated the Bucks 125-86. Game Three of the best-of-seven series will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, in Milwaukee. It will be broadcast on ESPN.

“The Big Three” get most of the head- lines but “The Other Two” in Coach Nash’s lineup are stars themselves.

Filling out Coach Nash’s sparkling starting five are Blake Griffin and Joe Harris.

The 6-foot-9 Griffin, who played for Jeff Capel III at the University of Oklahoma, is a six-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Year and Slam Dunk Contest champ. Griffin, 32, has averaged 21.4 points for his career, 12.3 this year.

Joe Harris, in his seventh season out of the University of Virginia, averaged 14.1 points this season while leading the NBA in 3-point shooting, averaging 5.0 points per night.

There’s a major drop off after that. If Harden isn’t able to go full speed, the likely sixth man is journeyman Mike James, 30, who has spent most of his pro career in Europe.

The Nets have made the NBA finals twice, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002 and to the San Antonio Spurs in 2003.

Before the ABA merger with the NBA, the Nets—then known as New York Nets and then the New Jersey Nets—won ABA titles in 1974 and 1976. The New York Nets played ABA games at the Richmond Arena before the Richmond Coliseum opened in 1971.

In a 1970 game at The Arena, Nets star Rick Barry hit a phenomenal seven 3-pointers in the second quarter alone against the Virginia Squires.

Other notable players in Nets lore in- clude Julius Erving, Buck Williams, Billy Melchionni, John Williamson, Jason Kidd and Dražen Petrović.

Now the squad features a “Big Three” the equal of any threesome that ever took the court at the same time.

But age is becoming a factor, and so are injuries. The clock is ticking.

If the Nets are to ever stamp their name on the NBA’s list of champions, it better be soon.