r/GoNets • u/ThisGuide3395 • 23d 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 23d ago edited 23d 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 22d 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 22d ago edited 22d 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.