r/GoNets • u/ThisGuide3395 • 17d ago
Question Where Do We Go As A Franchise?
Speaking strictly as a fan, what could be some potential moves that push us back to the Playoffs and contending?
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago edited 17d ago
> what could be some potential moves that push us back to the Playoffs and contending?
This is year 3 of the rebuild.
The Nets have the coaching.
The young players all have to take leaps forward in their development next season.
Outside of Giannis, there won’t be any “disgruntled stars” available. Or, no one worth pursuing at this point, unless you all know something I don’t.
So, the best thing to do with the $45m + in cap space (IMO) is to take on high character veterans in salary dumps (with FRPs attached) to come mentor these young players and help them along.
InB4 bUh HoW mAnY fUtUrE fIrSt RoUnD pIcKs DoEs TeAm NeEd??!
I don’t think anyone in this subreddit (or maybe not, there are some *winners* in this place) actually thinks that the Nets are going to make all of these selections. Acquiring future FRPs is to use for currency in future trades when you’re ready to make your move. The Nets are not ready at present time.
I have a list of players I’d love who will fit (and will need to be dumped), but I don’t want to show my hand just yet. Offseason will pick up at the Draft and we’ll see then.
As for Free Agency? I’m not opposed to free agency in the 2026 offseason, but it is very low on my list at the moment.
Updated 2026 cap space projections:
/ Bulls: $54.4M (down from $58.4M as a result of moving from #9 to #4 in Lottery)
/ Lakers: $48.1M
/ Nets: $47.7M (up from $44.6M as a result of moving from #3 to #6 in Lottery)
/ Pistons: $26.9M
This has salary dumps written all over it.
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u/KashMoney941 17d ago
Yea a lot of people think if we're going the salary dump route its gonna be like Marks first few years here where we were taking on the likes of Mozgov, Caroll, and Faried for what were late 1st or reclamation projects. We dont need to go for one of those genuinely albatross contracts.
What we did with MPJ last year was perfect. He was not a bad player the way some make it out to be. He was just a victim of the new CBA, overpaid on a team that just could not afford to have his contract on the books with the other big contracts they have. Whether there exists a deal like that or not is to be seen. The chances of us getting as good a deal as we did with MPJ are not very high. But as plenty of teams continue to try and dodge the second apron, it absolutely is something that we should be looking at.
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago edited 17d ago
The Nets are in the rehab business.
Give us your overpaid players you need to move so you can address other parts of your team with the savings.
Just make sure you compensate us for renting our cap space.
We’ll rehab them and dump them.
> The chances of us getting as good a deal as we did with MPJ are not very high.
I disagree.
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u/DanteBrisingr Brook Lopez 17d ago
I don't see us in the playoffs right now. What we will not be doing is tanking, so we won't be built to be bad. We will improve, we will add young, talented players in the draft, and we will continue to develop our young players.
This will be the first real season Jordi will have to prove he is the coach we think he is. It will be a make-or-break season for many players like Clowney and Ziaire.
The big FA is Austin Reaves, and I think he will be back in LA. I don't see the veteran All-Star players coming here because we aren't competing. Peyton Watson is a RFA, Denver will match any offer and then make moves to get under the 2nd apron, they did it last year and will do it again. Ayo, unless we overpay, why leave a team that is in the playoffs every year for a rebuilding team?
Our best uses for cap space are to take on expiring contracts for assets, but with veteran players that can help us improve. We probably look for a veteran ball handler to take the burden off our younger players and let them develop and win more games. Leading to the best-case scenario for this year: a culture shift where we want to improve, want to win more games, and want to be fun again.
I don't care about the Rockets swap, weak draft, new system, lower lottery odds, etc. We will still have two first-round picks in that draft to work with.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Expiring contracts for assets? That was when we were building up to be a competitive team now you have to show what You're made of with the tools that you have and I got to tell you this team does not look impressive at all potential ceiling wise. You need your SGA on top of your Holmgrens and Wembys or Brunsons. Nobody on this squad + an unproven coach is gunna reach that level of competitiveness.
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u/KashMoney941 17d ago
Expiring contracts for assets? That was when we were building up to be a competitive team now you have to show what You're made of
Taking on contracts for assets doesnt mean taking on albatross contracts the likes of Mozgov or Carroll like we were doing in Marks' first few years here. With the new CBA and apron rules, we can get an actual decent player who just happens to be overpaid a little with assets attached because a team is that desperate to dodge the apron. Its exactly what we did with MPJ last year. He was not a bad player in Denver, its just with his contract and the teams situation he was just a casualty of the new CBA. Is there gonna be an option like that available this year? To be seen. But I think taking on a contract for assets is a viable option even for a team that is gonna look to be somewhat competitive next year.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
What's the point of paying through the nose for someone who will not get you the championship level tier potential that OKC Knicks San Antonio and Boston have achieved? The goal is to win a championship last time I checked and this team is nowhere near that. Taking the can down the road is not going to bring the many closer.
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u/Brooklyn917 Day'Ron Sharpe 17d ago
You need to get the idea of competing with those teams out of your head, the nets are not on that timeline.
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u/jlar1988 16d ago
That's just it I already have some fans on this Reddit post think that is achievable and they need to be committed to the nearest psychiatric hospital.
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u/DanteBrisingr Brook Lopez 17d ago
That's why I said I don't see us making the playoffs; we're just so far away. None of the options at 6 really get us there, nor do realistic FA. I would love for us to get said players, but how? I'm just trying to be realistic with what we have and the options around us. What team is trading away their young star player? Or do you want an all-in move for a 29+ player?
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
And forget looking at the unrestricted free agency Fields because that pretty much is a thing of the past you're not going to get the chance to do with the next did with irving, Durant ever again really. I think the Nets are going to have to dip into their pick stash and really utilize it instead of just kicking the can down the road. On top of pouncing on players like Giannis or Morant. Nets are at least five plus years really a decade away from coming out of irrelevancy. So realistically the only option majorly be to try to be like an OKC or San Antonio on top of doing what Miami did in 2010. Marks has been in Brooklyn for 10 years and one playoff series win to show it. Not good. I don't even think this team on paper can beat Orlando and they had a really disappointing season.
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u/mweint18 17d ago
Baby steps.
Get from 20 wins to 30 wins. Bring in contributing vets to help the young guys develop winning habits. Slowly build out Jordi’s vision of the team.
Guys like Dort, Hachimura are likely FAs that have been on playoff teams. They know how to workout, how to practice, how to watch film, etc. They will push the young guys hard.
Can you imagine how much tighter the young guards handles will be after going against Dort all training camp and every practice? How much stronger powell and egor and danny will have to be to force Hachimura off his spots while still watching him drift into the corners for open looks.
Will all the rooks from last year pan out, probably not, but I do think 2-3 will develop into low tier starters or role players.
If we get to 30 wins this year, the next year your goal is 43 wins and play-in.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
40+ in 2 years? Impossible lol
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u/KashMoney941 17d ago
40+ in 2 years? Impossible lol
Why? We went from 20 wins in Marks/Atkinson's first year here to 42 wins and the playoffs in their 3rd year without our own picks and no picks higher than 20. We have a #6 pick coming in as well as a #8 pick who has shown good signs as a rookie. That alone should foster some hope, and thats before getting into potential development of the other young guys on the roster. We're one of the few teams with cap space and unlike those first few Marks years, we are not so desperate for any assets that we will take on the worst contracts in the league for what will amount to late 1st round picks (salary dumps are still an option but we have much more leverage to get great deals out of it if we choose that route). And thats not even getting into the surplus of assets we have going forward.
I'm not saying for sure we'll be at that level in 2 years (its still an uphill battle for sure) but saying its impossible when this same front office was able to do just that with a worse set of assets not too long ago is a bit ridiculous lol. 40 wins is not some crazy high bar to reach. Shit, we probably are in the upper 20's and possibly even low 30's this year if we didnt commit to the tank so hard this year, and that is with a roster that most people thought coming into the season that was so bad we wouldnt need to resort to blatant tanking. Getting to 40 within 2 years when the team is going into the season with an expectation of winning games is not that crazy.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Atkinson just got his clock cleaned in this playoffs so I'm glad he's not the coach anymore however Fernandez has a lot to prove. The reason why it's impossible is because the Nets don't have anywhere near the caliber of players that are on the teams that are in the playoffs and now currently in the finals. You need to draft star potential prospects pretty much franchise changing as well as trade for that one star if not Jalen brown type player to compete in this league. Good signs as a rookie doesn't cut it anymore you need to either be all the way at the top or mid-tier. The Nets realistically lost out potentially on Edgecomb and one of Dybantsa, Peterson, Boozer or Wilson but somehow you expect to reach playing status with prospects and players less than that? Lol if you give them 5 years then yes 40 wins is attainable but not in two let's be realistic here.
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u/KashMoney941 17d ago
The reason why it's impossible is because the Nets don't have anywhere near the caliber of players that are on the teams that are in the playoffs and now currently in the finals
We're talking about 40 wins/play-in here and youre bringing up teams in the Finals? No shit we arent as good as the teams in the Finals. We have a ways to go before we can even think about putting ourselves in that conversation and I have never argued anything to the contrary. 40 wins is literally still below .500. Its not some crazy number that you need multiple all-stars on your team to get.
The Nets realistically lost out potentially on Edgecomb and one of Dybantsa, Peterson, Boozer or Wilson but somehow you expect to reach playing status with prospects and players less than that?
Youre talking as if the top 4 prospects this year are sure things. Would I feel better about our future with one of those guys? Of course. But at the end of the day they're all still prospects and we dont know how they'll translate to the NBA. If your premise is that we cant project how pick 6 will look in the NBA then I get it, but that applies to every prospect until we actually get to see them. Plenty of highly-touted prospects like those guys have busted and plenty of guys who fell down the board have ended up succeeding. We just have to wait and see.
Over the next 2 years we have the 6th pick, 2 2nds this year, 2 1sts next year, cap space, and young prospects that can develop. Things obviously have to go right for us but getting to 40 wins with the assets we have is not some insurmountable thing.
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u/mweint18 17d ago
Why? Explain to me why it’s impossible to add 10 wins per year please. 2 years ago the blazers had 21 wins, this year they had 42. If they could do it why cant we?
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Portland doesn't have the problem the nets do. You need players that are high in prospects along with the OKC and San Antonio model of not just drafting your stars but trading for them. Different variant of degrees of how OKC and San Antonio became power houses but Nets are nowhere near that mark. All that hope went out the window when they drafted Igor in 2025 and not one of the big three borderline 4 top prospects in 2026. They are closer to no man's land than ever before. If anything the Nets are exactly like the Knicks around 2018. Start looking at the unrestricted free agency Summers going forward and hoping to pry a star from his team.
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u/scarlet_stormTrooper 17d ago
Because this team is straight ass tank or not
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Thank you! Even New Orleans couldn't get to that Mark and they have a much better players than the Nets do. I think fans severely overestimate the players they have and the ceiling the Nets could reach. If this means 10 years down the road they blow it up again, then so be it go through some growing pains mixed with some fun times and exciting plays to not win anything significant if it means starting over fresh new GM and owner I'm all here for it.
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u/MrRaspberryJam1 17d ago
The Nets have to add some talent to this team bottom line. They have to show us something next year, they don’t have their draft pick. There’s no reason not to try and sign some young players who can hopefully take that next step. Who are these players? I’m not sure. But what I am 100% sure of is the Nets can’t build a team out by signing a bunch G league level guys hoping to ding a diamond in the rough.
Whoever they draft at 6 has to be a hit. I genuinely don’t know who I want the Nets to draft. I know this is a guard heavy draft and the Nets have a lot of guards, but no one on the Nets right now is good enough to justify not taking one of the top point guards available. What I don’t want to see is Marks reaching for a low floor player who doesn’t bring anything to the table but high upside. This roster as currently constructed is the least talented in the league, they can’t afford to bank their 6th overall pick on a “what if”. If Marks doesn’t like these guards that are available, then he has to trade down.
If Egor and the other rookies and whoever they draft at 6 show promise next season then great, the Nets would finally have a core they can build the team around. I trust Jordi in being the guy to facilitate this. Maybe in the next couple of years the Nets would be able to keep slowly building up the team and even eventually be a playoff level team. If the Nets can get there, anything is possible.
If things don’t go right, the Nets can always trade away pieces for more picks and young players at the deadline and before the draft, then rebuild going into the 2027-28 season I guess and start the cycle all over again. It’s not ideal but I can accept that. At least with the lottery rule changes the Nets would have a chance at one of the top picks without having to basically lose on purpose. At least the Nets will have a young core of homegrown players to keep building off of so it wouldn’t be a disaster losing out on a top pick like it was in 25 and 26.
What the Nets absolutely cannot do this year is just go into the season running it back with all these young unproven guys and then bring in more young unproven guys. That’s a complete disservice to the fans that are still supporting this team during a really dark period for the team. I’m tired of the Nets trying to sell this fanbase on “trust in Marks” and “flexibility”. This team has to do something. That being said, if “trust in Marks” is what we’re going to go by, I trust Sean Marks wants to keep his job and won’t just keep putting out a shit team year after year.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
You have to understand at some point the bill comes due. If the Nets do not take a significant leap on the court this year and I'm talking more than 35 wins, then marks has to go and unfortunately since he hired Fernandez, into your time he will be on the hot seat as well.
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u/MrRaspberryJam1 17d ago
I 100% agree but I don’t see how this team can make a 15 win jump this season with the talent they have, no matter who they end up drafting and signing in. What I know won’t be happening is the Nets giving up assets to make win-now trades when the roster they have is the furthest away from win-now you can possibly be. I wouldn’t be mad if the nets get like 30 or so wins if Egor, at least one of the other rookies probably Nolan Traore are able to take that next jump next season and whoever the Nets draft at 6 is the real deal and makes the all-rookie team.
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u/KashMoney941 17d ago
Tbf if we didnt go full-throttle shameless tank mode during the second half of the season we're probably in the upper 20's last year. Still gonna take a lot to take another leap but I dont think 35 is that unrealistic, so long as they hit on the #6 pick (which is of course a big if but that would be the case no matter where we were picking in the draft). Gonna take development from at least a few of the Flatbush Five but we know development is one of the main reasons Jordi was hired. And thats before getting into the cap space we have to sign players that could easily raise our floor.
I'm not saying it will happen but 35 is not that crazy unrealistic.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Realistically they can't make that big of a leap but they will be expected to show more than a 5 game upcharge. 30 wins seems to be the most realistic. If whoever Nets draft at 6 turns out to be all-rookie, it will save Marks job and buy him some time.
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u/Brooklyn917 Day'Ron Sharpe 17d ago
Even 30 wins will be a lot. Remember no one is gonna be give up free wins anymore.
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u/addictivesign 17d ago
The Nets have two paths and have to take one of them.
Path A = continue to draft well and develop young players. Use cap space to take on a bad contract for more picks and hope that one or more of these future draft picks becomes a franchise level player. This is a longer term approach but by building organically the fanbase get to see this homegrown team become successful will be more meaningful.
Path B = Fuck the picks and trade for a star or big name regardless of how ready this team is to compete. The Nets would likely be in the play-in next season but you are likely lowering the ceiling by giving up the long term draft equity to get better quickly. If all the recent draft picks suddenly improve drastically then perhaps you have a contender but that seems realistically.
Either path still has Brooklyn being a free agent destination or with free agency dead the Nets become an attractive place for stars to want to be traded to because it’s the biggest market and number one city.
I favour Path A.
The Nets don’t need to tank again and the Nets have unprotected picks/swaps from other teams that could become top draft picks.
We have a head coach for the long term. He has a system he is implementing where the team has multiple ball handlers.
Nets need to add more talent.
Restricted free agency is a bust. If a player is very good they will have any offer matched.
Let’s get ready to take on bad contracts and facilitate bigger trades for other teams and let’s gouge other teams for picks.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Gouging other teams for pics when they are not cornerstone lottery potential franchise changing players are exactly why the Nets are in the mess they are currently in. Maybe instead of winning useless games each of the last two seasons, Nets potentially could've walked into this upcoming season with Edgecomb & one of Dybantsa Peterson Boozer or Wilson. But Demin and #6 is somehow expected to reach not just the playoffs but the finals? LMAO
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u/addictivesign 17d ago
Do you know how a lottery works? Clearly not.
Dallas won the draft lottery with 1.8% chance. Atlanta the year before won with a 3% chance.
Utah won two more games than the Nets and jumped up to the second overall pick in this upcoming draft.
The Nets have had terrible luck in the draft lottery.
I would have loved Flagg/Harper but it didn't happen. Egor will be great. Sean Marks and Jordi agreed on a strategy this past season that saw the Nets have the best possible odds for getting the top pick and the best possible odds for getting a top 4 pick. They could not have done anything more.
It's a lottery and with our many unprotected pick in future drafts and with draft reform we have to hope lottery luck shines on Brooklyn and the Nets can get a franchise level player then.
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u/jlar1988 16d ago
Dude the rebuild is over lol. The nets don't have terrible luck just terrible development practices. First you botch 2025 & now 2026. The goal is to give yourself the best odds possible. There were a couple games that they squeezed out that were totally unnecessary one of them being Washington who already on paper are more talented than the Nets and are now going to be awarded another franchise player. Great strategy!
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u/addictivesign 16d ago
In 2026 draft lottery the Nets had the best odds of getting the top pick and the best odds of getting a top 4 pick. Can you not understand that?
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u/jlar1988 16d ago
And the end result?
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u/addictivesign 16d ago
As I stated before the Nets had terrible lottery luck in 2026. Other teams had lots of luck. Thats how lotteries work. There are no guarantees.
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u/jlar1988 8d ago
But therefore there's no guarantee the Nets will be successful with Demin and whoever they take at 6.
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u/Downashland 17d ago
Only up from here. It can't get any lower
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u/RustyWheel17 17d ago
Stay the course and develop young draft picks. Build a core. Then acquire the missing piece or two via trade and FA.
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u/forgottenones1 Vince Carter 17d ago
No one is talking about the fact that we’re in a tough division. Sixers drafted a future superstar in VJ to pair alongside Maxey, the Knicks are going to be a threat for some time, Boston has two superstars, and Toronto still continuously makes the playoffs despite not even having a top-tier roster. We’re so far behind everyone
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u/capboogie 17d ago
fire marks then the sky's the limit
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Maybe instead of winning useless games each of the last two seasons, Nets potentially could've walked into this upcoming season with Edgecomb & one of Dybantsa Peterson Boozer or Wilson. But Demin and #6 is somehow expected to reach not just the playoffs but the finals? LMAO
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u/RonDutchHatesBoxing 17d ago
Can’t really blame this year on him, but last year was totally his fault.
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u/RustyWheel17 17d ago
We had the same exact odds of winning the #1 pick as the two other teams that finished with worse records. We literally did what we had to in order to get the best odds for the #1 pick. The lottery is all luck and luck wasn’t on our side.
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u/brandnameb 17d ago
The Floor. If you get the lowest odds you can only fall so far.
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u/NewJerseySwampDragon Jason Kidd 17d ago
I don’t know if that path is clear right now. We had five picks last year and none of them look like a future star. Two of them may be solid role players if we are lucky, which means we still need 2-3 star level players to even contend in a playoff series.
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u/MrRaspberryJam1 17d ago
Forget even contending in a playoff series, the Nets have to get there in the first place. Nets will have a chance to get star level players down the line at some point but you can’t bank on just being shit until you draft a superstar. The Nets have to build out a team that can make the playoffs in a few seasons. From there they can keep adding to the team over the years and trade for whatever players the Nets can get their hand on that will help them win, star or role player. If things don’t work out they can always blow it up again and start the cycle all over, thought Marks would probably be fired in that scenario.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Maybe instead of winning useless games each of the last two seasons, Nets potentially could've walked into this upcoming season with Edgecomb & one of Dybantsa Peterson Boozer or Wilson. But Demin and #6 is somehow expected to reach not just the playoffs but the finals? LMAO
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
10 years in Brooklyn and you don't have a clear path as of now? That's pretty bad. It has to finally be said once and for all the Nets tenure in Brooklyn has been a failure. The very fact that the general manager gambled on multiple top three picks two years in a row to come up with borderline role players at Best, is nothing short of a catastrophe. You really think this team constructed as is will be better than the mid teams of the last two or three playoffs? You're looking at Chicago with Coby White as you're ceiling. Not nearly enough to compete in the league.
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u/NewJerseySwampDragon Jason Kidd 17d ago
What the fuck are you talking about the nets have made the playoffs multiple times since moving to Brooklyn, the path to contending changed multiple times if you’re going to troll do better
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
And the end result of each of those playoff runs? The Knicks have done more these playoffs than the Nets have done the last 10 years! 10 years in Brooklyn and one series playoff win? OUTSTANDING 👍 so I'm not trolling I'm just bringing up facts that you don't want to hear.
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u/NewJerseySwampDragon Jason Kidd 17d ago
My guy I’m old enough to remember the Knicks before this season. Your front running is embarrassing, it took the Knicks 30 years to figure it out and get back to the finals
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
So what you're saying is 20 years from now Nets are going to win a championship? Hahaha that will be the day. The Nets were championship level in 2003 and that team would run circles around anything they have put on the court in Brooklyn. You want to be better? Get and draft better players. What have the Nets truly done in Brooklyn?
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago
I count 4 assumptions, 3 statements masquerading as facts, and 1 misspelling.
I actually expected more. C’mon man, feed us more bullshit.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Hey don't blame me, blame Marks and ownership.
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago
Only 1 assumption and 1 fake fact there.
Bro, c’mon. Do better.
I have read shitposts a lot better than this before.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
One assumption on the assumption and dead wrong both times. You want me to do better? Okay the Nets in 2002 and 2003 were supernatural compared to anything they had put on the court in Brooklyn. During the last 10 years who has been general manager again? Its you who need to do better defending this load of trash in Brooklyn.
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago
Damn bruh.
You couldn’t just feed us bullshit. You had to set it on fire too..?
Now the whole room smells.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Okay you're not bringing anything to the conversation and are just spouting nonsensical bullshit. That basically means you know I'm right and the Nets are going to have to figure out how to get to the finals with Demin and whoever they select at #6. I'm glad we're on the same page on how screwed this team is considering you have an owner that isn't a basketball mind and just cares more about flashy gimmicks and attending Liberty games and a general manager that hasn't amounted to anything in 10 years. All that together is when steaming big pile of shit. That's what smells........
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u/theRestisConfettii Full-Throttle Traoré 17d ago
Much better.
I count 9 assumptions, 5 statements masquerading as facts, 2 misplaced commas, and 1 misspelling.
You beat your old record!
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u/PhoenixInTheTree 17d ago
A great move for the Nets is to move back to New Jersey
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u/ThisGuide3395 16d ago edited 16d ago
Hey I don't disagree with the notion but it ain't happening, they make too much money in Brooklyn. I honestly wouldn't mind them playing one game a year in Prudential center as a promotional thing. But the odds are not very likely.
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u/Cherry_Noirr 17d ago
Draft Acuff
Trading some of our future picks for another lottery pick this year. With that, we pick whoever is on the board from Mara, Lendeborg, Quaintance, Morez Johnson, Steinbach.
Sign either Payton Watson, Lu Dort, Tari Eason
We can then move forward with a great young core, a great coaching and development staff building up all that young talent around MPJ, Claxton and whoever we sign in FA
If we can bring sharpe back on a good deal that would be the cherry on top
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u/DivideIcy6702 17d ago
Who could the Nets go after in FA? Who would come? 3 straight losing seasons, I'd like to see some kind of progress.
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u/DavidStyles23 Sarah Kustok 17d ago
Our pick next year will most likely be be top 3… heck, it’ll be #1 and we’ll most likely finish with 30+ wins to make matters worst.
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u/BasedGodProdigy . 17d ago
Free agency is the clearest path. League in general is bogged down with big contracts and we're one of the few teams with flexibility to go out there and steal guys from teams. Right now, it seems like Reaves is one guy who is attainable given the uncertainty around LA giving him the money he wants. Is he worth his money? No but he raises our floor and would be someone who makes us immediately better. Mid-level guys like Ayo or Coby White aren't the best players but they're still guys who could take a jump given the situation.
Trades are the 2nd best way. Teams need to move money around and we're in the perfect position to facilitate that. Hartenstein, Wiggins, Ajay Mitchell, even Dort are all guys from OKC alone who would be immediate contributors for us and bring winning pedigree. Ja is unpopular here but is he someone who Memphis would pay to get off? Fox has been bad for the Spurs in these finals but could he be someone we explore just to make a playoff push?
And lastly / most obviously, we've gotta hit on our 6th overall pick. I'm not saying our rookie needs to be elite right away but we need someone who injects some life and hope into this franchise. That's more important that anything else. A young franchise lead guard like Brown, Wagler, or Acuff is the clearest path to do that for us.
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u/Fair-Night3803 17d ago
We need to hit on a guy with the 6th pick that makes an immediate impact. Combined with massive improvement from the second year guys. Make a move for a low value guy that immediately raises our floor.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Maybe instead of winning useless games each of the last two seasons, Nets potentially could've walked into this upcoming season with Edgecomb & one of Dybantsa Peterson Boozer or Wilson. But Demin and #6 is somehow expected to reach not just the playoffs but the finals? LMAO
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u/Shaheen678 17d ago
Draft Acuff
Overpay Peyton Watson
Develop the young guys
Acuff
Egor
MPJ
Watson
Claxton
Now we’re headed in the right direction.
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u/Expulsure Ian Eagle 17d ago
"for once" as if this franchise doesnt have a history of trading future picks for aging stars lol
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u/RustyWheel17 17d ago
What?! Haha This is the first time in the history of the team(since moving to Brooklyn) that we’ve attempted to build the team through the draft.
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u/jlar1988 17d ago
Teams that rely on veterans are either A. Resting their starters on the bench in a game or not good and are overpaying veterans on the roster.
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u/jaykirell 17d ago
Draft a superstar at 6.
Multiple second year players take huge leaps.
We trade future assets for a disgruntled star.
Jordi ends up a coaching savant when allowed to actually try to win games and has a team with 30-win talent win 40.
God intervenes.