The Brooklyn Nets are in the middle of a crisis after star player Kevin Durant officially requested a trade away from the Nets that puts them back at square 1 in terms of building a title contender in the Eastern Conference.
In the middle of the Durant debacle, the Nets did make a minor move on Thursday before free agency begins by making a trade with the Utah Jazz.
The Nets will send a first-round pick to Utah in exchange for versatile forward Royce O’Neale. The 5-year player out of Baylor averaged 7.4 points and 4.8 rebounds along with 2.5 assists while shooting 38.9% from deep in his fifth season in the league in 2021-22. He has played for the Jazz his entire career.
Utah is trading Royce O'Neale to Brooklyn for a first-round pick, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2022
Even though the Nets will likely look very different on opening night in the 2022-23 season, the addition of O’Neale is a good one in terms of adding a 3-and-D player to the roster.
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