At one point this season, the Brooklyn Nets were not thinking about their future because they had franchise cornerstones Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to guide them to a possible championship. However, once the NBA trade deadline came, Brooklyn’s mission changed to something in-between winning a championship and rebuilding.
Once Durant and Irving were traded away for players like Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Dorian Finney-Smith, the Nets now have some players that can help them win now, but aren’t in a position to win a title. However, they also have some draft capital that they can use to either add more promising young players to the organization or go after a star or two.
With this regular-season nearing its end, it could be interesting to see what Brooklyn could do after this season is over. Here’s who Bleacher Report sees the Nets drafting in the 2023 NBA Draft: