The Brooklyn Nets are in a spot similar to where they were before Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving came to town in the summer of 2019. Now, Brooklyn has to figure out the best way to move forward without having control of their draft picks for the next few seasons.
The Nets were able to get some draft capital from the Phoenix Suns in the Durant and from the Dallas Mavericks as a result of the Irving trade. However, since the Houston Rockets have a good amount of first-round picks and pick swaps from the Nets, Brooklyn has to get creative in how it builds this team for the near future.
In a mock trade proposed by James Piercey of the NBA Analysis Network, the Nets would be trading a couple of their wings for a sharpshooter and a future first-round pick from a conference rival. Here’s the breakdown of the mock trade: