I watched thay game. Everything was falling for the nets in that game. I was finding myself saying "come on" everytime a deep 3 was made or a circus shot in the paint dropped. I was happy to see giddy attack the paint but it would have been nice to see j dub do the same. He's big and can definitely cause heartache for defenders on a night to night basis.
I think shipping out bridges for the right trade package of a young upside player and some picks makes the most sense. Id look to move on dfs, royce, spence, and prob claxton and johnson too for the right deals. Yes the nets dont have their own picks but they didnt have their picks in 2017 either when they traded vets like brook lopez and thaddeus young and rebuilt the team in 2 yrs
I think the development of sharpe and the drafting of clowny kind of makes clax expendable since we're going into a rebuild. Like say if OKC offered picks or a young player like josh giddey for him id do it @@gregolego5898
Me personally, cam Thomas and clax are the only two I really would like to keep, also, as a huge draft prospects guy bkn fans watch out for Dariq whitehead when he was healthy he was a projected top 5 pick
I love your videos but I remember when you called the Rockets Harden trade one of the worst trades ever when it happened and every single Rockets fan with foresight knew that the trade was not bad at all. I think you should make a video looking it over and giving your thoughts again.
Not having your own picks is not that bad if you have other teams picks. You acquire a young or two players to build around and bring in talent around them with the picks. If the team suck it’s at least good for the young talents to get minutes. If you are good then there’s no problems at all.
You also can always acquire picks on draft day. And how many great players come from the 20-30th picks that are always available? So many guys get picked late, not even talking Jokic, but like Maxi, Derrick White, Dejounte Murry, Jaime Jaquez all of those people could help a team rebuild
No it is bad when youre a lottery team whoes getting a playoff teams picks.....Its literally the worst position to be in, in the NBA. I dunno what kinda copium youre smoking but being a bad team who doesnt have their own picks means you have less options on getting better. Theyve done it for over almost a decade now lol. This cycle of going all in for guys, doing it half assed and then feeding those stars hand and foot only to realize they built a team that doesnt work and then they try their best to recoup.....all of this while they are going from literal bottom feeders to a playoff appearance and then back down. They did it with the Celtics trade obviously, then sucked, lost out on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum (two All-NBA caliber players, one of them being an MVP caliber player), then they actually did something good and built a good team around D-Lo.....and then sold him to recoup draft picks.... then went all in with Kyrie, Harden and Durant, once again traded UNPROTECTED draft picks (as if they didnt learn their lesson the first time)......made the playoffs, got swept by the two guys you essentially traded away......blew it up and got picks that are projected to be in the late lottery at best. Dont be an idiot man, theyre a terrible franchise thats being run by actual potatoes. They need to stop trying to hit home runs and build a proper basketball team. It is literally the worst situation to be in as an organization, maybe you could argue having someone like Donald Sterling as an owner could be slightly worse....but its close.
@@jnmc2498Nets are in the worst position, they don’t have a picks and the picks they got from other teams are top tier teams so they don’t even have promising talent pools to choose from either. Best chance is future PHX picks but it’s way too farther away to see the fruition
Nets fans wanting to trade Mikal now sounds crazy to me. Only sensible Mikal trade is with Houston to get our picks back. The value of the other team picks are too speculative that it makes bottoming out too uncertain to develop any form of long term rebuild strategy. If we don’t get our picks back then we need to do something similar to Toronto and prioritize players over picks. As for tradeable assets, Claxton is elite and an incredible asset but he requires a specific roster construction that plays switching defense to really thrive. With Sharpe and Clowney already in the pipeline and given their proven track record for developing bigs it makes Claxton and the 5 a little more redundant. Which in my opinion makes him the most expendable sell high trade piece. Good 2 way wings are the most difficult pieces to come by in the league. And it is required for any true contender. Therefore we should keep all the 20 something yr old price controlled pieces. (eg Twins and Jalen Wilson). Cam Thomas is the X factor so I’d rather keep him. But he is ultimately tradeable for scorers like Donovan Mitchell. Everyone else is available for trades. Don’t think there’s any legit superstar trades available at this time so Nets should be open to targeting borderline stars (Siakam/Lauri) at the right price or promising young players (Kuminga/Moody). Or a proper PG to hold them over cuz Dinwiddie just isn’t cutting it. (Like TJ McConnell or Tyus Jones)
It’s like I said before, Mikal is very good player but he’s not a 1st or 2nd option and you shouldn’t build your team around him. There’s a reason why he had his most efficient season when he was a 3rd or 4th option. Brooklyn quite frankly is wasting their time “ trying to compete “ just like Chicago when they should be blowing it up.
Thats why Nets will try to get this years pick back from Rockets and give them Bridges or Claxton. Bridges for this years Nets pick + Jaylen Green. Houston gets better player and doesnt need to extend Green. Nets get young high potential player in Green and their pick. So Nets can tank and rebuild around Green and other young players
I honestly think their big issue is not establishing some sort of culture. the last 5 years they had about 2 to 3 changes to its culture. From the Bench mob Nets featuring, Kenny Atkinson & DLO. To the KD & Kyrie focused team, to the Super team era, back to the KD & Kyrie era and now they are just without any sort of idea as to what kind of team they are. I personally think they need a coaching change and bringing some players that really can establish a winning culture or the very least a fun culture where alot of people can get behind. But right now, The front office has to really figure out where they wanna go and who are they willing to get rid of or add by trade deadline or by the offseason this year.
That 2018-19 season was so much fun as a fan. I was at the Detroit game where the bench went nuts sitting near the court and hearing the roar of the Barclays crowd was truly an experience i'll never forget.
They probably are gonna have to play their salary cap table really smart and try win over free agents in the future off seasons. Its probably their only way of constructing a decent playoff / contender team since they only got some Suns draft assets which wont be enough to take this current roster to contention in my view.
Free agents dont exist anymore. Stars resign and ask for a trade now, no one wants to be a free agent and get a lesser deal unless you are Ayton and trying to run away from where you are. Paskal Siakim being the best free agent this year is very sad
@@blablablaa14 Agreed with you. I just think Brooklyn are soo mid right now that they dont have a choice since they dont control their draft assets so they cant tank. Their roster is quite mid in the rest and dont have enough assets to compete with OKC/SAS/Knicks/Utah to make big moves for #1 players. So they're just so stuck in no man lands that they probably have to rely on blind luck of free agents than their own players/assets.
The Nets have no direct control over their draft pick until 2028. So they really can’t tank anytime soon. So with Bridges have two more years left on his contract they aren’t trading Bridges until after next season. They at best may trade Royce O’Neal and some other secondary pieces like Finny Smith. But they aren’t going to make any trades of their core players.
The problem for them is that they missed the boat on rebuilding without using their draft picks. They should have traded Mikel for the 4 unprotected picks Memphis offered and tried to rebuild around Cam Thomas and Nic Claxton. You can't compete in the NBA without a bonefide top 15 guy. Like it just doesn't happen often. So the Nets should have gone into rebuild mode rather than "hold a ton of random assets together" mode
The Nets have a team in which most of their guys that I would consider to be good are in their 30's or close to it. Mikal Bridges, Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O'Neal, Spencer Dinwiddie, Cam Johnson, ALL of these guys are 27 years old or older. Most of them are already 30. Hell even Ben Simmons is 27 already. If I'm the Nets I'm unloading everyone for draft picks and the ONLY guys I'm keeping are the guy who are 24 years of age and younger. Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Day'Ron Sharpe, Noah Clowney, Dariq Whitehead. Keon Johnson and maybe Lonnie Walker. EVERYONE else can go for young talent and picks. As a Pacers fan I would love a guy like Mikal Bridges or Cam Johnson or DFS, but the Nets need to hit the hard reset button. They're just wasting everyone's time is what they're doing and the sooner they press reset the sooner they can get back to being competitive. They're like the Chicago Bulls right now. A lot of players with no real direction who simply don't fit their time frame for the young guys they have.
That's the route I assumed they'd go going into the season. They have SO many pieces that could get you good returns. Mikal would bring in a haul and a half himself, dinwiddie, DFS, Royce would get something. Simmons' contract next year might actually have some value as ~$40mil in expiring money. Cam johnson is the kinda player teams like the Cavs would kill for. I really don't know why they haven't broken it down so far
As a nets fan i agree completely. Im not sure why this hasnt happened, if we cant trade for a ball handler pg NOW, then we are completely tanking the assets and should just move on for picks and upside like you say/
The Nets are in a weird spot.. In my opinion, they should've just extended Kyrie last year and keep running with him and Durant because all their picks belong to Houston until 2028. Brooklyn is a team that really couldn't afford to "reset," they had to keep 7/11 until the wheels fell off. But now that we're here, they need to pick a direction as you suggested. Their "direction" is to build around Mikal Bridges, but that's not a direction, it's accepting mediocrity at best. They absolutely should deal Dinwddie and Royce to contending teams, hopefully netting first round picks. Maybe even trade Claxton if it gets them a good young PG because this team lacks a PG badly. Either way, gotta pick a direction by the summer, can't keep doing whatever this is
Simply put, the Nets made a big mistake thinking that Mikal could be a #1 or even #2 on a quality team. He's a very good player, just not that. Leads to two options: 1) Trade Bridges, as well as any other players you can get draft capital for and completely restart. As said in the video, you need to think of the picks owed to Houston as a sunk cost, just get what you can now, those don't matter and don't affect the Nets. The Suns picks could be very valuable in 2-3 years time, the 76ers pick too, so keep accumulating firsts to build a new core that could go further, assuming Sean Marks can draft well. 2) Double down and trade for Donovan Mitchell. Probably would require dealing at least 2 of Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson, DFS, and Nic Claxton, as well as 3 firsts. Given the Heat probably won't even ponder giving up Herro and Jaime for Spida, as well as the Knicks not seemingly having much interest in pairing him with Brunson, I think Spida would re-sign in Brooklyn long term if traded there. It puts the Nets in the playoff conversation again and although they aren't with the group of the top 5 or so EC teams, once they get off Ben Simmons' contract, they could nab another star on the free agent market in 2025 like Brandon Ingram, Jamal Murray, or either of the LA Clippers' stars, and that would put them in the contenders discussion again.
Bottoming out is not a wise strategy for the Nets given the fact that they owe all those first round picks to Houston from the Harden trade. They should try to keep their best players, especially Mikal. They should also try to re-sign Claxton. They can think of blowing it up when they've regained control of their picks. Until then, try to attain at least the sixth seed and be competitive.
I'm honestly fine with selling to an extent. We have the rookies we drafted like Jalen Wilson, Noah Clowney, and Dariq Whitehead that we can continue to develop for the rest of the season. If I had to guess who's getting traded, it's more than likely Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O'Neale, or Spencer Dinwiddie. I know the Lakers have been linked to DFS and Royce for quite some time, and we can snatch their 2029 1st round pick since it's the only one LA can actually trade away as well as possibly take on some of the young assets like Christie and Hood-Schifino. Since the Nets have already decided they're not trading Bridges, i'm hoping Cam Johnson gets dealt, I know "The Twins" are inseparable, but CJ's near $25M a year contract is being proven to be a bad one. I honestly hope he gets dealt, preferrably to Houston and try to get some of our draft capital back. We can also take a couple of their young assets and develop them too. The main issue, however, facing the Nets from being contenders is the coaching. JV is a great guy, but he is a bad coach, there's no excuses for him anymore. Dennis Smith Jr. actually praised assistant coach Kevin Ollie for his defensive scheming, so i'm hoping he gets the call up to be the new head coach. We've seen his track record with the UConn Huskies, why not give him a chance to see what he can do with the squad we have. 🤷♂
I agree Cam johnson should be moved. I feel like everytime i see him take a shot in the 4th it's a miss. And Vaughn while he was a improvement over nash he still isn't a great coach. Still hoping we see more of the rookies at some point this season.
Before watching this video. Cam Thomas would be a decent fit on an up and coming team. It would be good to see him score in bunches and see if it translates to anything.
Would love to have him in Orlando. Everyone's huge and they have plenty playmaking between Paulo, Franz, markelle, Cole Anthony, etc. I think he could really flourish there tbh
@@jamal0001 he doesn't play how they play no but their offense has a tendency to grind to a complete halt. They could absolutely use a guy who can create his own offense when everything else breaks down
I'd go the other direction and try to add a star. The main problem I see with this team is they have a bunch of 2nd and 3rd options. A star player would really make this team cohere. Maybe they don't have enough assets to get there, idk. But they do have a bunch of other teams' picks and some appealing young players. Obviously, you don't want to trade too many of those young players away because the whole point is adding a star TO those young players.
You got no assets to get a star that's the problem. The picks you got do not worth enough to get you a star without sending core pieces like Johnons,Thomas,Bridges,Nic
I'm a Nets fans so I'm also biased, but I agree. Can't worry about Houston, in the next 30 days, the Nets have to trade away some of these veterans and get a treasure chest of assets back. Build around Cam Thomas and develop him, see how high his ceiling is. Use what assets you will get for future star trades.
I think Houston might be willing to do some trading but it would make the Nets front office look really bad. Houston has some assets to deal if the Nets want to tank the next few years. Jalen Green plus salary filler players and the pick swaps for Bridges and Claxton. Green isn't progressing quickly and many are down on him but he has been looking better in recent games. Landale could be added along with Olidepo to get salaries to match. Houston probably has better options for these assets than Bridges and Claxton if they wait but there is pressure for Houston to be better now.
Nets cannot tank. They don't have their own picks. Nets would need a point guard who can score a lot and be a good playmaker. Maybe available Donovan Mitchel, Dejante Murray, Jordan Clarkson...
The issue is i really dont think we have options for a pg that would make a difference, Mitchell would be great but i dont think we have the package without including Johnson and alot of picks etc and even then im not sure the cavs say yes.. including bridges would make the deal pointless from a nets point of view imo and im not even sure Mitchel himself would see us as a better option to where he already is. And certainly every other team trying to trade for him would likely offer a better opportunity for him.
I’m curious about the Brooklyn Nets being a fan thing… did you grow up as a Brooklyn Nets fan? Or a New Jersey nets fan? I know I’m older now because I haven’t realized they’ve been in Brooklyn long enough for kids to have grown up with them there
I know all the contenders would want Royce and Finny. Solid role players. The keepers are Mikal and Clax. Maybe Cam Johnson depending what they get back for him.
Do you like this trade? Warriors get: Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney Smith, Royce O’neal Nets get: Moses Moody, Kuminga, Chris Paul (can buy his contract out), 2026 first round pick, 2028 (top 5 protected) first round pick
@@Grievous_ I actually do like that trade idea. The Nets get 2 younger players who can get more opportunity / minutes to develop. A younger core with Clax, Mikal, Cam Johnson, Kumiga and Moody are not bad building blocks. As for the Warriors, they get solid role players that can play 3 and D (Royce and Finny) and a playmaker / shot creator in Spencer. These players can help the Warriors in a WIN NOW situation, which they need because you want to maximize Curry’s abilities while he is still playing great. The Warriors still need a big in my opinion but that’s another issue.
@@Roc_Official Yea because all I see is people saying we should trade for Siakam but I think getting 3 and D wings that can shoot and Dinwiddie would benefit us a lot more than just Siakam, imagine a lineup of Curry, Royce O’neal, Wiggins, DFS, and Draymond! That’s literally defense and 3’s, or a lineup of Curry, Klay, O’neal, DFS and Draymond more 3’s and still great defensively! And if the Warriors wanna go full on defense then imagine a lineup of O’neal, Wiggins, DFS, Draymond and Trayce Jackson Davis I mean good luck scoring on that 😂 I know that lineup wouldn’t feature a point guard but that’s where Draymond’s playmaking abilities come in
We’re you suggesting that Derrick white is the reason their whole season turned around in the ladder half of that year? Also I agree with a a lot of your points, but I still believe the argument that they aren’t a tough enough team is still just as valid today as it was in previous years. Why? Because Tatum and brown are the core of that team, and those two have the same issue as AD. They can’t recover from missing shots, they get flustered, they haven’t yet shown much of a killer instinct, and part of that is that they’re too nice and complacent. It just something that doesn’t seem to be in their nature. Now wait… before you get on me callling me a casual, or say that’s something Stephen A would say…😂- the reason I say that, and the reason I believe it’s important (even though this era doesn’t believe that kind of thing matters) is because Tatum and Brown are the the ones who will get the ball at the end of the game. If you need a bucket etc… if they’ve been soothing 38% from the field all night( or brown has had 11 turnovers that night -they’ve shown they can’t have a short memory, put it out of their mind and come up the court with the attitude that “I’m getting a bucket and no one will stop me” I haven’t seen it. How will you close out a series without that intangible? How you gonna close out a west conference final game 6 on the road when you’re not that guy. How will you close out a FINALS when the two guys who will be looked at to do so do not have that in them on or off the court. They’re not KG, Mike, Kobe, Ja, Luka, or as max Keller man would want “I WANT IGUOADALA” 😂. They just don’t have that edge. And in a sport where you have to win by 15 in order to win by 2 and close out a series… then I can’t say that this team is tough. They’re not. They’re great. But not tough. If Tatum had Jimmy Butlers attitude he’d be the consensus #1 in the league. Just my two cents. Thanks
Im a Nets fan who watches every game. It would have been good to get something going on the Bridges timeline, however if there isnt a Mitchell trade there (or another similar scorer/primary ball handler) then i think now would be the best time to trade the twins. Neither are number ones, and on the contracts they have we are just wasting our time, and theirs, without putting a primary scoring PG out there with him.. Personally id like to prioritze keeping Clax, but they way JV has hadled Thomas has been bad imo. Im not the biggest Cam fan and i hate his D, but overall i cant see JV being our coach and Thomas flourishing. I think if we cant get the PG trade we need (and by this i mean keeping everyone we just mentioned and sending out dinwiddie/DFS/Royce etc and picks) then we should maybe look to get a coach in who is going to look to build around Cam and Clax with more trust. No matter what we do, running thjis current lineup with current rotations is imo the worst of all options.
Us nets fans been going through it. The second I heard that our organization had plans to try and still build around bridges I was livid. It doesn’t make sense. He isn’t a star sort of player man. I wouldn’t mind moving him to the rockets to get at least 2 of our picks pack and a young player or 2. Players like dinwiddie, Royce and dfs are all players that should be moved. I never really liked dinwiddie and dfs and Royce are 2 vet wings that a lot of contending teams would want and I think it’s there we can continue to try and build young. Mikal can definitely be moved and so can cam Johnson. Johnson is really just a scorer and mikal has dropped defensively so we gotta move him now while his value may be well, but not higher than it was than in the off-season sadly where ppl were offering 4 firsts for him. Maybe we can get 2 firsts. Cam Thomas is a player idk if the nets are confident in being a core piece even though I love the guy and I think he has star potential. Dayron sharpe is having his best season yet and is continuing to grow. Claxton has plateaued a bit but has improved in area like free throws. I think clax deserves 15-17 mil but no higher than that. I feel like he could get more if our defensive scheme improved cause it’s very very poor right now. I love the young 1 year contracts we got in Lonnie walker and trendon watford that have been such good additions to this team and I hope we keep them for the future. Jalen Wilson and Noah Clowney have been well in the g league and can be good additions to the team right now. Wilson is a potential steal in the draft too. As for coaching and front office, Sean marks may have hit the nail on certain additions to the team but signing Vaughn long terms was such a bad idea. I never liked it and idk how they gave him an extension for basically going 18-2 during the regular season. THE MAN CANNOT COACH, he was horrible as a coach in Orlando. I get stability but with how I see Ime Udoka and the rockets defense right now and saying man he was once part of our coaching staff and we didn’t sign him cause the nba wants to intervene. Like come on man. As of late we have been hearing players reference their inspiration from Kevin Ollie one of our assistant coaches and not Vaughn that says stuff to me. I’m all in trading mikal, Johnson,dinwiddie, Royce and dfs to see what we can get from teams before the trade deadline. The lack of direction is definitely scaring me and I hope we make a decision before it’s too late. I don’t think Sean marks will be getting an extension as a GM and I would LOVE if Bob Myers became the GM for the nets.
agree with everything you say here man. I liked Spences energy when he arrived in the shit storm, but i swear i loose a piece of my soul when we have a crucial possesion and see him take a walk up three.
The Nets probably need to eventually trade Mikal Bridges. It's not quite as dire as the Jazz situation with Markkanen because Markkanen is about to get a max extension while the Nets still have a year or two with Bridges at reasonable money... but it's coming. The Jazz and Nets need to realize that while they're great players they're not guys you can build a championship team around. You just can't. So you either have to use your assets to trade for that elite guy to put Markkanen/Bridges next too. Or you just have to move Markkanen/Bridges for more assets and maximize everything... your asset pool, books, flexibility, etc.
I would keep it going, because Nets do not own your own picks. Dry with this core as long you don't have your picks and if you have not got anywhere by the time you own your picks again, than go rebuild. If you go rebuild now, you only give top picks other teams!
This situation is terrible. I think they s Gould either trade everyone except for claxton and thomas or they should trade for a star/superstar like a Donovan's Mitchell type.
As a Spurs fan from Australia, I'd take Ben Simmons. For what? No idea but I think if he was just a slash and pass PG for us, that opens the game up for Wemby. Obviously he's just crocked but I think he'd work well for us
You can trade Bridges he's your only true star! Take him away & u have the new Detroit Pistons. Plus, how many of these first round picks years and years who aren't contributing because most aren't ready really & should stay in college. Plus, looking for just acquiring a big name star doesn't always work out...Lakers, Suns, etc, etc.
Nets don’t have an incentive to blow it up because they don’t have their draft picks, and they need to be taking trade offers like they don’t have an incentive to blow up. Sell at a premium, take deals from the desperate teams who need to make a move. As a nuggets fan though, if y’all blowing up, I want us to pick up DFS, so maybe sell him cheap to us, lol
MPJ for Bridge would be my dream scenario for my Nuggets. They need to trade all their role players. DFS,RoN,Spencer,Cameron Johnson and Simmons(seriously doubt someone taking that bum) they all need to go. I would even trade Bridges too since he's closest to the 30's. There's no point of having high end role players if you ain't contending for nothing. Sell them, get something back and rebuild because those kind of players are on the older side and they soon gonna be asking out since they don't want to waste their career on a developing team so get ahead of the curve and deal them now
If I were the Nets, I'd trade with the Rockets. Not to get their pick back, but for other future picks. Trading away value to the Rockets helps the Rockets get a higher pick in the next draft. Win-win. If Rockets are interested in anyone, and willing to trade other future 1sts, do it.
Nets are an interesting group. Id say build around Bridges. Cam Johnson and Nic Claxton arent good enough to be a 2nd or 3rd option. Bridges can be a 2nd option.
@@Nazhuk read again. I said Bridges can be a 2nd option. They should keep him but go for someone better who can handle the main responsibilities of scoring and clutch moments
Im a die hard warriors fan and honestly we should trade the house for bridges claxton and dare i say simmons. This is a name your price or waste stephs career situations and i can see us moving everything for 2-3 more years around steph
Brooklyn is such a wierd team.. in 20 years if someone were to ask you, "what team did all these players play for? KD, KG, Kyrie, Harden, Paul the Truth, Ben Simmons, deron Williams, Jason Jett.. No one would EVER guess the Nets. Such a waste of so much talent. Ain't done a thing since Kidd and KMart were shipped out.
They own 24 picks but they also don’t have any control till 2028 since rockets own 24 & 26 picks but they also own 25 pick swap and 27 pick swap so Nets can’t rebuild
You need some young 25 and under players with star potential. Trade everyone with any value and take some bets on some young talent. Bridges should fetch you 2 young players with upside.
The Nets need to blow it up.. This is never going to work and they should just take the L if the offers are right. Holding onto some of these guys is just going to lower their value. Holding onto these players and losing value in the longterm just because Houston has your pick is borderline malpractice especially in this weaker draft class. Just put yourselves in the position to get max value right now and also get into the Cooper Flag race in 2025.
Since when is Cam Thomas a foundational piece? Yeah he can light up the score board but that’s about it. Does the league view him as a player that can add playmaking to his repertoire?
They rocked my Thunder last night! 😅
They own my magic too. Lol
B2b for the thunder as a Brooklyn fan I’ll give y’all the pass💀😩
we nearly blew a 32 point lead, I think your Thunder will be just fine.
I watched thay game. Everything was falling for the nets in that game. I was finding myself saying "come on" everytime a deep 3 was made or a circus shot in the paint dropped. I was happy to see giddy attack the paint but it would have been nice to see j dub do the same. He's big and can definitely cause heartache for defenders on a night to night basis.
the thunder need a good rebounder for these situations. Its just hard for chet to box out other bigs
I think shipping out bridges for the right trade package of a young upside player and some picks makes the most sense. Id look to move on dfs, royce, spence, and prob claxton and johnson too for the right deals. Yes the nets dont have their own picks but they didnt have their picks in 2017 either when they traded vets like brook lopez and thaddeus young and rebuilt the team in 2 yrs
completely agree but id prefer to keep Clax. Personaly id rather loose Thomas than Clax, but ideally we keep both.
I think the development of sharpe and the drafting of clowny kind of makes clax expendable since we're going into a rebuild. Like say if OKC offered picks or a young player like josh giddey for him id do it @@gregolego5898
Me personally, cam Thomas and clax are the only two I really would like to keep, also, as a huge draft prospects guy bkn fans watch out for Dariq whitehead when he was healthy he was a projected top 5 pick
Yeah I love witehead too. Clax Im flexible about. The other guys I listed should be traded@@rydermodde8384
Could the nets be interested in Keegan Murray?
I love your videos but I remember when you called the Rockets Harden trade one of the worst trades ever when it happened and every single Rockets fan with foresight knew that the trade was not bad at all. I think you should make a video looking it over and giving your thoughts again.
Not having your own picks is not that bad if you have other teams picks.
You acquire a young or two players to build around and bring in talent around them with the picks. If the team suck it’s at least good for the young talents to get minutes. If you are good then there’s no problems at all.
You also can always acquire picks on draft day. And how many great players come from the 20-30th picks that are always available? So many guys get picked late, not even talking Jokic, but like Maxi, Derrick White, Dejounte Murry, Jaime Jaquez all of those people could help a team rebuild
No it is bad when youre a lottery team whoes getting a playoff teams picks.....Its literally the worst position to be in, in the NBA. I dunno what kinda copium youre smoking but being a bad team who doesnt have their own picks means you have less options on getting better. Theyve done it for over almost a decade now lol. This cycle of going all in for guys, doing it half assed and then feeding those stars hand and foot only to realize they built a team that doesnt work and then they try their best to recoup.....all of this while they are going from literal bottom feeders to a playoff appearance and then back down. They did it with the Celtics trade obviously, then sucked, lost out on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum (two All-NBA caliber players, one of them being an MVP caliber player), then they actually did something good and built a good team around D-Lo.....and then sold him to recoup draft picks.... then went all in with Kyrie, Harden and Durant, once again traded UNPROTECTED draft picks (as if they didnt learn their lesson the first time)......made the playoffs, got swept by the two guys you essentially traded away......blew it up and got picks that are projected to be in the late lottery at best. Dont be an idiot man, theyre a terrible franchise thats being run by actual potatoes. They need to stop trying to hit home runs and build a proper basketball team. It is literally the worst situation to be in as an organization, maybe you could argue having someone like Donald Sterling as an owner could be slightly worse....but its close.
Bridges to Houston for brooks to make salary match ,Whitmore this yours bk first and 2 more firsts from Houston, bridges Def a upgrade over brooks
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Worst position is not having any picks at all.
@@jnmc2498Nets are in the worst position, they don’t have a picks and the picks they got from other teams are top tier teams so they don’t even have promising talent pools to choose from either. Best chance is future PHX picks but it’s way too farther away to see the fruition
Nets fans wanting to trade Mikal now sounds crazy to me. Only sensible Mikal trade is with Houston to get our picks back. The value of the other team picks are too speculative that it makes bottoming out too uncertain to develop any form of long term rebuild strategy. If we don’t get our picks back then we need to do something similar to Toronto and prioritize players over picks.
As for tradeable assets,
Claxton is elite and an incredible asset but he requires a specific roster construction that plays switching defense to really thrive. With Sharpe and Clowney already in the pipeline and given their proven track record for developing bigs it makes Claxton and the 5 a little more redundant. Which in my opinion makes him the most expendable sell high trade piece.
Good 2 way wings are the most difficult pieces to come by in the league. And it is required for any true contender. Therefore we should keep all the 20 something yr old price controlled pieces. (eg Twins and Jalen Wilson).
Cam Thomas is the X factor so I’d rather keep him. But he is ultimately tradeable for scorers like Donovan Mitchell.
Everyone else is available for trades. Don’t think there’s any legit superstar trades available at this time so Nets should be open to targeting borderline stars (Siakam/Lauri) at the right price or promising young players (Kuminga/Moody). Or a proper PG to hold them over cuz Dinwiddie just isn’t cutting it. (Like TJ McConnell or Tyus Jones)
The fact that they lived through the Pierce-Garnett trade and thought "Let's do the exact same thing" might be the sign you need a new team.
I think the best for them is to reset, giving their young core more minutes also to value them and trading all the tradable assets
It’s like I said before, Mikal is very good player but he’s not a 1st or 2nd option and you shouldn’t build your team around him. There’s a reason why he had his most efficient season when he was a 3rd or 4th option. Brooklyn quite frankly is wasting their time
“ trying to compete “ just like Chicago when they should be blowing it up.
Brooklyn luck says they win the lottery and Houston gets the #1 pick via Brooklyn. Celtics 2.0 another team builds their team off Brooklyn picks.
Thats why Nets will try to get this years pick back from Rockets and give them Bridges or Claxton. Bridges for this years Nets pick + Jaylen Green. Houston gets better player and doesnt need to extend Green. Nets get young high potential player in Green and their pick. So Nets can tank and rebuild around Green and other young players
After nets left my hometown New Jersey, I left to Knicks
As a Warriors fan give us Dinwiddie and we’ll give yall Cp3, Moody, and a first
Mikal Don’t wanna be there bro😂
Brooklyn gonna do what they do best ignore all the rumors and build a team around bridges.
I honestly think their big issue is not establishing some sort of culture. the last 5 years they had about 2 to 3 changes to its culture. From the Bench mob Nets featuring, Kenny Atkinson & DLO. To the KD & Kyrie focused team, to the Super team era, back to the KD & Kyrie era and now they are just without any sort of idea as to what kind of team they are. I personally think they need a coaching change and bringing some players that really can establish a winning culture or the very least a fun culture where alot of people can get behind. But right now, The front office has to really figure out where they wanna go and who are they willing to get rid of or add by trade deadline or by the offseason this year.
That 2018-19 season was so much fun as a fan. I was at the Detroit game where the bench went nuts sitting near the court and hearing the roar of the Barclays crowd was truly an experience i'll never forget.
That too. I don't believe Jacque Vaughn is good enough to be a successful nba head coach. He was awful when he was with Orlando.
@@wzg8804he’s not, our organization literally hired this man long term for going 18-2. Which is really pathetic.
They probably are gonna have to play their salary cap table really smart and try win over free agents in the future off seasons. Its probably their only way of constructing a decent playoff / contender team since they only got some Suns draft assets which wont be enough to take this current roster to contention in my view.
Free agents dont exist anymore. Stars resign and ask for a trade now, no one wants to be a free agent and get a lesser deal unless you are Ayton and trying to run away from where you are. Paskal Siakim being the best free agent this year is very sad
@@blablablaa14 Agreed with you. I just think Brooklyn are soo mid right now that they dont have a choice since they dont control their draft assets so they cant tank. Their roster is quite mid in the rest and dont have enough assets to compete with OKC/SAS/Knicks/Utah to make big moves for #1 players.
So they're just so stuck in no man lands that they probably have to rely on blind luck of free agents than their own players/assets.
Great content as always 👍🏼
This team hasn’t been the same since Ben Simmons went down
That's shocking
Simmons only played 6 games this season -- the Nets were 3-3 across that 6-game stretch
The Nets have no direct control over their draft pick until 2028. So they really can’t tank anytime soon. So with Bridges have two more years left on his contract they aren’t trading Bridges until after next season.
They at best may trade Royce O’Neal and some other secondary pieces like Finny Smith. But they aren’t going to make any trades of their core players.
Good points, and yes there are teams that would pay for Bridges or Johnson for sure.
i dont see any foundational pieces on the nets roster you just have to flip as much for as much value as possible
Agreed bro, as fans. We some time look at our team, and just don't know. Where are they going to do, no direction is just madness
The problem for them is that they missed the boat on rebuilding without using their draft picks. They should have traded Mikel for the 4 unprotected picks Memphis offered and tried to rebuild around Cam Thomas and Nic Claxton. You can't compete in the NBA without a bonefide top 15 guy. Like it just doesn't happen often. So the Nets should have gone into rebuild mode rather than "hold a ton of random assets together" mode
Of course lol this team is full of championship level role players all on on team most of them can Help a contender
The Nets have a team in which most of their guys that I would consider to be good are in their 30's or close to it. Mikal Bridges, Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O'Neal, Spencer Dinwiddie, Cam Johnson, ALL of these guys are 27 years old or older. Most of them are already 30. Hell even Ben Simmons is 27 already. If I'm the Nets I'm unloading everyone for draft picks and the ONLY guys I'm keeping are the guy who are 24 years of age and younger. Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Day'Ron Sharpe, Noah Clowney, Dariq Whitehead. Keon Johnson and maybe Lonnie Walker. EVERYONE else can go for young talent and picks.
As a Pacers fan I would love a guy like Mikal Bridges or Cam Johnson or DFS, but the Nets need to hit the hard reset button. They're just wasting everyone's time is what they're doing and the sooner they press reset the sooner they can get back to being competitive. They're like the Chicago Bulls right now. A lot of players with no real direction who simply don't fit their time frame for the young guys they have.
That's the route I assumed they'd go going into the season. They have SO many pieces that could get you good returns. Mikal would bring in a haul and a half himself, dinwiddie, DFS, Royce would get something. Simmons' contract next year might actually have some value as ~$40mil in expiring money. Cam johnson is the kinda player teams like the Cavs would kill for. I really don't know why they haven't broken it down so far
As a nets fan i agree completely. Im not sure why this hasnt happened, if we cant trade for a ball handler pg NOW, then we are completely tanking the assets and should just move on for picks and upside like you say/
Okc should offer a package for mikal. He’d fit so well next to shai
Maybe. But don't the Thunder have more issues rebounding?
@@gabrielcarrasco9078yes we need to make an offer on mr Claxton, he eats us alive when he plays us on the boards
@@gabrielcarrasco9078 I guess they’d try to get a forward that can do that on the nets too, it ain’t like they don’t have assets
The Nets are in a weird spot.. In my opinion, they should've just extended Kyrie last year and keep running with him and Durant because all their picks belong to Houston until 2028. Brooklyn is a team that really couldn't afford to "reset," they had to keep 7/11 until the wheels fell off. But now that we're here, they need to pick a direction as you suggested. Their "direction" is to build around Mikal Bridges, but that's not a direction, it's accepting mediocrity at best. They absolutely should deal Dinwddie and Royce to contending teams, hopefully netting first round picks. Maybe even trade Claxton if it gets them a good young PG because this team lacks a PG badly. Either way, gotta pick a direction by the summer, can't keep doing whatever this is
Joe Tsai made it personal with Kyrie -- he flat out didn't want Kryie on his team anymore and didn't care about the basketball-related consequences.
Kyrie is not a winning player. Where they went wrong was even singing him and Durant in 2019
Simply put, the Nets made a big mistake thinking that Mikal could be a #1 or even #2 on a quality team. He's a very good player, just not that. Leads to two options:
1) Trade Bridges, as well as any other players you can get draft capital for and completely restart. As said in the video, you need to think of the picks owed to Houston as a sunk cost, just get what you can now, those don't matter and don't affect the Nets. The Suns picks could be very valuable in 2-3 years time, the 76ers pick too, so keep accumulating firsts to build a new core that could go further, assuming Sean Marks can draft well.
2) Double down and trade for Donovan Mitchell. Probably would require dealing at least 2 of Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson, DFS, and Nic Claxton, as well as 3 firsts. Given the Heat probably won't even ponder giving up Herro and Jaime for Spida, as well as the Knicks not seemingly having much interest in pairing him with Brunson, I think Spida would re-sign in Brooklyn long term if traded there. It puts the Nets in the playoff conversation again and although they aren't with the group of the top 5 or so EC teams, once they get off Ben Simmons' contract, they could nab another star on the free agent market in 2025 like Brandon Ingram, Jamal Murray, or either of the LA Clippers' stars, and that would put them in the contenders discussion again.
Bottoming out is not a wise strategy for the Nets given the fact that they owe all those first round picks to Houston from the Harden trade. They should try to keep their best players, especially Mikal. They should also try to re-sign Claxton. They can think of blowing it up when they've regained control of their picks. Until then, try to attain at least the sixth seed and be competitive.
Your intro made me feel a bit old, I still remember them more as the new Jersey nets 😅
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I'm honestly fine with selling to an extent. We have the rookies we drafted like Jalen Wilson, Noah Clowney, and Dariq Whitehead that we can continue to develop for the rest of the season.
If I had to guess who's getting traded, it's more than likely Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O'Neale, or Spencer Dinwiddie. I know the Lakers have been linked to DFS and Royce for quite some time, and we can snatch their 2029 1st round pick since it's the only one LA can actually trade away as well as possibly take on some of the young assets like Christie and Hood-Schifino.
Since the Nets have already decided they're not trading Bridges, i'm hoping Cam Johnson gets dealt, I know "The Twins" are inseparable, but CJ's near $25M a year contract is being proven to be a bad one. I honestly hope he gets dealt, preferrably to Houston and try to get some of our draft capital back. We can also take a couple of their young assets and develop them too.
The main issue, however, facing the Nets from being contenders is the coaching. JV is a great guy, but he is a bad coach, there's no excuses for him anymore. Dennis Smith Jr. actually praised assistant coach Kevin Ollie for his defensive scheming, so i'm hoping he gets the call up to be the new head coach. We've seen his track record with the UConn Huskies, why not give him a chance to see what he can do with the squad we have. 🤷♂
I'm glad to see Smith Jr playing decently.
I agree Cam johnson should be moved. I feel like everytime i see him take a shot in the 4th it's a miss. And Vaughn while he was a improvement over nash he still isn't a great coach. Still hoping we see more of the rookies at some point this season.
i'm a rockets fan, and i can't say how good it feels to be on tankathon this year but NOT for my team lmao
Before watching this video. Cam Thomas would be a decent fit on an up and coming team. It would be good to see him score in bunches and see if it translates to anything.
Would love to have him in Orlando. Everyone's huge and they have plenty playmaking between Paulo, Franz, markelle, Cole Anthony, etc. I think he could really flourish there tbh
@@flamingythermit314 I was actually thinking of Orlando when I made this comment. I feel like he's being punished for just being a scorer.
@@flamingythermit314he don’t really fit in with Orlando magic style of play
@@jamal0001 he doesn't play how they play no but their offense has a tendency to grind to a complete halt. They could absolutely use a guy who can create his own offense when everything else breaks down
@@flamingythermit314 nah Orlando missing a real PG
How is Cam Thomas not a foundational player? There is no way you're telling me the coaching staff can't figure out how use this guy.
I have been a nets fan all my life, and like yourself I don't know why I made that choice lol
I'd go the other direction and try to add a star. The main problem I see with this team is they have a bunch of 2nd and 3rd options. A star player would really make this team cohere. Maybe they don't have enough assets to get there, idk. But they do have a bunch of other teams' picks and some appealing young players. Obviously, you don't want to trade too many of those young players away because the whole point is adding a star TO those young players.
You got no assets to get a star that's the problem. The picks you got do not worth enough to get you a star without sending core pieces like Johnons,Thomas,Bridges,Nic
I'm a Nets fans so I'm also biased, but I agree. Can't worry about Houston, in the next 30 days, the Nets have to trade away some of these veterans and get a treasure chest of assets back. Build around Cam Thomas and develop him, see how high his ceiling is. Use what assets you will get for future star trades.
They have enough assets to trade for a foundational piece. I’d look at Jaden Ivey and Kuminga first.
I think Houston might be willing to do some trading but it would make the Nets front office look really bad. Houston has some assets to deal if the Nets want to tank the next few years. Jalen Green plus salary filler players and the pick swaps for Bridges and Claxton. Green isn't progressing quickly and many are down on him but he has been looking better in recent games. Landale could be added along with Olidepo to get salaries to match. Houston probably has better options for these assets than Bridges and Claxton if they wait but there is pressure for Houston to be better now.
Brooklyn Nets need pursue Lauri Markkannen or Pascal Siakam 🤔🤔🤔
Not enough young talent, no roster structure, no picks.
Brooklyn is doomed, I'd dare to say more than they were after the Pierce/KG.
Could it be that Cam Thomas is more of a Bench Player who comes from the bench and only scores and does nothing else for a other team?
What's Royce oneals trade value?
The Rockets would love a nets Rebuild... They already got Cam from the Harden trade
Nets cannot tank. They don't have their own picks. Nets would need a point guard who can score a lot and be a good playmaker. Maybe available Donovan Mitchel, Dejante Murray, Jordan Clarkson...
The issue is i really dont think we have options for a pg that would make a difference, Mitchell would be great but i dont think we have the package without including Johnson and alot of picks etc and even then im not sure the cavs say yes.. including bridges would make the deal pointless from a nets point of view imo and im not even sure Mitchel himself would see us as a better option to where he already is. And certainly every other team trying to trade for him would likely offer a better opportunity for him.
I’m curious about the Brooklyn Nets being a fan thing… did you grow up as a Brooklyn Nets fan? Or a New Jersey nets fan? I know I’m older now because I haven’t realized they’ve been in Brooklyn long enough for kids to have grown up with them there
I know all the contenders would want Royce and Finny. Solid role players. The keepers are Mikal and Clax. Maybe Cam Johnson depending what they get back for him.
Do you like this trade?
Warriors get: Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney Smith, Royce O’neal
Nets get: Moses Moody, Kuminga, Chris Paul (can buy his contract out), 2026 first round pick, 2028 (top 5 protected) first round pick
@@Grievous_ I actually do like that trade idea. The Nets get 2 younger players who can get more opportunity / minutes to develop. A younger core with Clax, Mikal, Cam Johnson, Kumiga and Moody are not bad building blocks. As for the Warriors, they get solid role players that can play 3 and D (Royce and Finny) and a playmaker / shot creator in Spencer. These players can help the Warriors in a WIN NOW situation, which they need because you want to maximize Curry’s abilities while he is still playing great. The Warriors still need a big in my opinion but that’s another issue.
@@Roc_Official Yea because all I see is people saying we should trade for Siakam but I think getting 3 and D wings that can shoot and Dinwiddie would benefit us a lot more than just Siakam, imagine a lineup of Curry, Royce O’neal, Wiggins, DFS, and Draymond! That’s literally defense and 3’s, or a lineup of Curry, Klay, O’neal, DFS and Draymond more 3’s and still great defensively! And if the Warriors wanna go full on defense then imagine a lineup of O’neal, Wiggins, DFS, Draymond and Trayce Jackson Davis I mean good luck scoring on that 😂 I know that lineup wouldn’t feature a point guard but that’s where Draymond’s playmaking abilities come in
@@Grievous_ I absolutely agree with you! Well, let’s see if the Warriors end up making a move.
We’re you suggesting that Derrick white is the reason their whole season turned around in the ladder half of that year? Also I agree with a a lot of your points, but I still believe the argument that they aren’t a tough enough team is still just as valid today as it was in previous years. Why? Because Tatum and brown are the core of that team, and those two have the same issue as AD. They can’t recover from missing shots, they get flustered, they haven’t yet shown much of a killer instinct, and part of that is that they’re too nice and complacent. It just something that doesn’t seem to be in their nature. Now wait… before you get on me callling me a casual, or say that’s something Stephen A would say…😂- the reason I say that, and the reason I believe it’s important (even though this era doesn’t believe that kind of thing matters) is because Tatum and Brown are the the ones who will get the ball at the end of the game. If you need a bucket etc… if they’ve been soothing 38% from the field all night( or brown has had 11 turnovers that night -they’ve shown they can’t have a short memory, put it out of their mind and come up the court with the attitude that “I’m getting a bucket and no one will stop me” I haven’t seen it. How will you close out a series without that intangible? How you gonna close out a west conference final game 6 on the road when you’re not that guy. How will you close out a FINALS when the two guys who will be looked at to do so do not have that in them on or off the court. They’re not KG, Mike, Kobe, Ja, Luka, or as max Keller man would want “I WANT IGUOADALA” 😂. They just don’t have that edge. And in a sport where you have to win by 15 in order to win by 2 and close out a series… then I can’t say that this team is tough. They’re not. They’re great. But not tough. If Tatum had Jimmy Butlers attitude he’d be the consensus #1 in the league. Just my two cents.
Thanks
Wouldnt mind Claxton or Dorian-Finney for my Pels...
Im a Nets fan who watches every game. It would have been good to get something going on the Bridges timeline, however if there isnt a Mitchell trade there (or another similar scorer/primary ball handler) then i think now would be the best time to trade the twins. Neither are number ones, and on the contracts they have we are just wasting our time, and theirs, without putting a primary scoring PG out there with him.. Personally id like to prioritze keeping Clax, but they way JV has hadled Thomas has been bad imo. Im not the biggest Cam fan and i hate his D, but overall i cant see JV being our coach and Thomas flourishing. I think if we cant get the PG trade we need (and by this i mean keeping everyone we just mentioned and sending out dinwiddie/DFS/Royce etc and picks) then we should maybe look to get a coach in who is going to look to build around Cam and Clax with more trust.
No matter what we do, running thjis current lineup with current rotations is imo the worst of all options.
Brooklyn never listen to the fan base. They do what they do best have a quiet rebuild with solid role players.
I'm a Bulls fan and I would love have Finney-Smith on my team. He is one of the best and cheapest 3&D players in the league.
Us nets fans been going through it.
The second I heard that our organization had plans to try and still build around bridges I was livid. It doesn’t make sense. He isn’t a star sort of player man. I wouldn’t mind moving him to the rockets to get at least 2 of our picks pack and a young player or 2. Players like dinwiddie, Royce and dfs are all players that should be moved. I never really liked dinwiddie and dfs and Royce are 2 vet wings that a lot of contending teams would want and I think it’s there we can continue to try and build young. Mikal can definitely be moved and so can cam Johnson. Johnson is really just a scorer and mikal has dropped defensively so we gotta move him now while his value may be well, but not higher than it was than in the off-season sadly where ppl were offering 4 firsts for him. Maybe we can get 2 firsts.
Cam Thomas is a player idk if the nets are confident in being a core piece even though I love the guy and I think he has star potential. Dayron sharpe is having his best season yet and is continuing to grow. Claxton has plateaued a bit but has improved in area like free throws. I think clax deserves 15-17 mil but no higher than that. I feel like he could get more if our defensive scheme improved cause it’s very very poor right now.
I love the young 1 year contracts we got in Lonnie walker and trendon watford that have been such good additions to this team and I hope we keep them for the future. Jalen Wilson and Noah Clowney have been well in the g league and can be good additions to the team right now. Wilson is a potential steal in the draft too.
As for coaching and front office, Sean marks may have hit the nail on certain additions to the team but signing Vaughn long terms was such a bad idea. I never liked it and idk how they gave him an extension for basically going 18-2 during the regular season. THE MAN CANNOT COACH, he was horrible as a coach in Orlando. I get stability but with how I see Ime Udoka and the rockets defense right now and saying man he was once part of our coaching staff and we didn’t sign him cause the nba wants to intervene. Like come on man. As of late we have been hearing players reference their inspiration from Kevin Ollie one of our assistant coaches and not Vaughn that says stuff to me.
I’m all in trading mikal, Johnson,dinwiddie, Royce and dfs to see what we can get from teams before the trade deadline. The lack of direction is definitely scaring me and I hope we make a decision before it’s too late. I don’t think Sean marks will be getting an extension as a GM and I would LOVE if Bob Myers became the GM for the nets.
agree with everything you say here man. I liked Spences energy when he arrived in the shit storm, but i swear i loose a piece of my soul when we have a crucial possesion and see him take a walk up three.
The Nets probably need to eventually trade Mikal Bridges. It's not quite as dire as the Jazz situation with Markkanen because Markkanen is about to get a max extension while the Nets still have a year or two with Bridges at reasonable money... but it's coming.
The Jazz and Nets need to realize that while they're great players they're not guys you can build a championship team around. You just can't. So you either have to use your assets to trade for that elite guy to put Markkanen/Bridges next too. Or you just have to move Markkanen/Bridges for more assets and maximize everything... your asset pool, books, flexibility, etc.
I want Mikal on the Cavs so bad
I would keep it going, because Nets do not own your own picks. Dry with this core as long you don't have your picks and if you have not got anywhere by the time you own your picks again, than go rebuild. If you go rebuild now, you only give top picks other teams!
NBA should have that Loan thing like
in football, so players won't waste their time rotting away on teams who likely will tank
As a nets fan, I am all for trading royce and DFS. I am unsure about trading mikal, cam j and clax
Maybe they should go all in for Donnavan Mitchell. Bridges is a good second option but not more.
Target a trade with Houston that brings back their own picks? Maybe that is the answer out of this mess.
As a Cs fan, I'd hate if Milwaukee traded for either Bridges or Cam Johnson.
We have so many valuable players. I would love to see them blow it up and see what and who they can get back. We have to keep Clax and Cam tho
I would let the players the position their best at. And run more plays through CT
Keeping them together
This situation is terrible. I think they s Gould either trade everyone except for claxton and thomas or they should trade for a star/superstar like a Donovan's Mitchell type.
Cam Thomas needs a fresh start. Elite scorer.
It’d be nice to see Cam Thomas, Mikal, Cam, Nic Claxton stay. Prolly trade DFS and picks for Dejonte Murray
As a Spurs fan I can say our team talent wise is worse than the Nets. Our direction for the future is much more clear though.
Ay Nets fan remember Joe Tsai said “it’s bigger than basketball” 😂😂😂😂😂 got to be the worse owner in the league 💯
Trade guys for younger players w potential like giddey or Ivey
Who could be next in line to coach the Nets?
Keith Van Horn is why. Lmao
As a Spurs fan from Australia, I'd take Ben Simmons. For what? No idea but I think if he was just a slash and pass PG for us, that opens the game up for Wemby. Obviously he's just crocked but I think he'd work well for us
A man change his house, his car even his wife but he can’t change his team. In conclusion we all gonna suffer together!
You can trade Bridges he's your only true star! Take him away & u have the new Detroit Pistons. Plus, how many of these first round picks years and years who aren't contributing because most aren't ready really & should stay in college. Plus, looking for just acquiring a big name star doesn't always work out...Lakers, Suns, etc, etc.
'I wish someone stopped me ' 😂😂😂 first time?
-celtics fan
Nets don’t have an incentive to blow it up because they don’t have their draft picks, and they need to be taking trade offers like they don’t have an incentive to blow up. Sell at a premium, take deals from the desperate teams who need to make a move.
As a nuggets fan though, if y’all blowing up, I want us to pick up DFS, so maybe sell him cheap to us, lol
NC STATE Wolfpack shirt 💪🏾💪🏾
Mikal for Giddey and some picks. Let’s make it happen.
Trade Mikal to NY for Fournier, Grimes, and picks!!!
I would swap the Phoenix picks with Houston for our own picks. Maybe keep one PHX pick.
why would Houston do that?
I thought Cam Thomas was starting?
Was, but got benched when got a bad shooting slump for multiple games
He got benched cause he's garbanzo beans when he's not scoring he offers nothing else I'm tired of the NBA hyping up mid
MPJ for Bridge would be my dream scenario for my Nuggets.
They need to trade all their role players. DFS,RoN,Spencer,Cameron Johnson and Simmons(seriously doubt someone taking that bum) they all need to go. I would even trade Bridges too since he's closest to the 30's.
There's no point of having high end role players if you ain't contending for nothing. Sell them, get something back and rebuild because those kind of players are on the older side and they soon gonna be asking out since they don't want to waste their career on a developing team so get ahead of the curve and deal them now
I think they should wait some player will come along
Maybe trade bridges to the knicks for robinson,grimes 5 1st and just complete the nova boys
If I were the Nets, I'd trade with the Rockets. Not to get their pick back, but for other future picks. Trading away value to the Rockets helps the Rockets get a higher pick in the next draft. Win-win. If Rockets are interested in anyone, and willing to trade other future 1sts, do it.
Nets are an interesting group. Id say build around Bridges. Cam Johnson and Nic Claxton arent good enough to be a 2nd or 3rd option. Bridges can be a 2nd option.
Nets wont win a chip with Bridges being their best players. He doesnt have " superstar factor" that you see in all top 10 players
@@Nazhuk read again. I said Bridges can be a 2nd option. They should keep him but go for someone better who can handle the main responsibilities of scoring and clutch moments
Im a die hard warriors fan and honestly we should trade the house for bridges claxton and dare i say simmons. This is a name your price or waste stephs career situations and i can see us moving everything for 2-3 more years around steph
Brooklyn is such a wierd team.. in 20 years if someone were to ask you, "what team did all these players play for? KD, KG, Kyrie, Harden, Paul the Truth, Ben Simmons, deron Williams, Jason Jett..
No one would EVER guess the Nets.
Such a waste of so much talent. Ain't done a thing since Kidd and KMart were shipped out.
The Nets should trade Spencer Dinwiddie, Ben Simmions, Cam Thomas, Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Royce O'Neale, Dorian Finney-Smith, Harry Giles Jr, to the Heat for Tyler Herro, R.J Hampton, Nikola Jovic, Jamal Cain, Jamie Jaquez Jr, Caleb Martin, Haywood Highsmith, Orlando Robinson, Josh Richardson
holy shit bridges turns 28 in august.
They own 24 picks but they also don’t have any control till 2028 since rockets own 24 & 26 picks but they also own 25 pick swap and 27 pick swap so Nets can’t rebuild
You need some young 25 and under players with star potential. Trade everyone with any value and take some bets on some young talent. Bridges should fetch you 2 young players with upside.
I’m curious, as a Nets fan, would you take Spida in a deal involving Mikal Bridges?
the Nets need Mitchell WITH Bridges to be a better team than they currently are
it wouldnt make sense unless we are keeping Bridges imo
The Nets need to blow it up.. This is never going to work and they should just take the L if the offers are right. Holding onto some of these guys is just going to lower their value. Holding onto these players and losing value in the longterm just because Houston has your pick is borderline malpractice especially in this weaker draft class. Just put yourselves in the position to get max value right now and also get into the Cooper Flag race in 2025.
Yeah I truly hate having Mikal on my fantasy team
Mikal bridges and Cameron Johnson
Build around Cam T and trade Bridges etc.
What's a realistic Spida trade for the Nets
The ironic comedy of having Donovan Mitchell AND Ben Simmons on the same team😂😂
Maybe they could share custody of that ROY award
@@kelechi321 hahahaha
Since when is Cam Thomas a foundational piece? Yeah he can light up the score board but that’s about it. Does the league view him as a player that can add playmaking to his repertoire?
I'm a houston fan and we need a backup big (claxton) and a shooter Cameron Johnson. So if I were your front office I'd be talking to the rockets 🚀
Celtics need to offer them a 1st or a couple 2nds for Lonny Walker