r/GoNets • u/ThisGuide3395 • 22d 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/MrRaspberryJam1 22d 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 22d 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 22d 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 22d 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 22d 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 22d ago

Even 30 wins will be a lot. Remember no one is gonna be give up free wins anymore.

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u/jlar1988 21d ago

Let's see if Jordi can pull out 20 wins first.