The Brooklyn Nets are in the early stages of their latest rebuild and as a result, they are expected to trade more of their veterans at some point in the near future. There was a chance that Brooklyn could have taken a chance on another young player, but there are more details surrounding that situation as well.
Per Evan Dammarell of ClutchPoints, his sources confirmed a report from Yahoo! Sports’ Jake Fischer that talks between the Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers about forward Isaac Okoro did not get far. Dammarell also adds that if Brooklyn and Cleveland were able to come to terms on a deal involving Okoro, Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith “likely” would have been going to the Cavaliers as a result.
Similar to Fischer, Dammarell points out that the possible reason that the two franchises were unable to nail down a deal was because of the financial situations of both teams after free-agency has died down.
The Nets are hard-capped at the first apron after acquiring guard Shake Milton from the New York Knicks as part of a sign-and-trade deal to facilitate the Mikal Bridges trade while the Cavaliers are operating as an over-the-cap, non-tax paying team as of this writing.
It has been reported plenty of times that the Cavaliers have been interested in acquiring either Finney-Smith or Cam Johnson, but they may be trying to keep Okoro at the same time as well. Ultimately, it seems like Brooklyn is unlikely to get Okoro at this point as they have only $5.2 million in space under the first apron.
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