The Nets are heading into the most crucial offseason under GM Sean Marks. The franchise is armed with cap space, owns a bevy of draft selections (Nos. 17, 27, and 31 overall picks), and has young talent on hand, all parts that make Brooklyn a reportedly desirable destination for marquee free agents.
Michael Scotto of The Athletic examines what strategy the Nets should take with their picks. Attaching a draft selection to Allen Crabbe in order to shed his $18.5MM salary via trade makes sense, especially if the team intends to pursue two marquee free agents. Without making moves like this, the Nets only project to have roughly 30.4MM in salary cap space, as our Salary Cap Digest shows.
Here’s more from the Atlantic Division:
- Oregon’s Bol Bol is a name to keep an eye on for the Nets, Scotto adds in the same piece. Bol, who is getting attention from the Cavaliers at No. 5 overall, could drop out of the lottery because of medical concerns. Brooklyn could find itself with a similar opportunity to the one it had in 2017 with Caris LeVert.
- Jarrett Culver (Texas Tech) has met with the Knicks. Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News relays (Twitter link). Culver, who is reportedly on the Hawks’ radar, is a top-10 prospect and New York owns the No. 3 overall pick.
- North Carolina’s Cameron Johnson and Purdue’s Carsen Edwards could be options for the Sixers in the first round, Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes. Philadelphia owns the No. 24 overall pick in addition to four second-rounders.
Bolbol to the Nuts
Sounds painful
LOL if the Knicks take Culver over RJ then Stephen A Smith may commit suicide.
Win/win
Edwards at 24 is a reach.
Well they have 4 2nd round picks that they could take Edwards with.
The Suns should try to acquire Crabbe and the 17th pick. Then they could try to flip him as an expiring deal for a PG if they don’t get Garland at 6. Perhaps Dennis Schroder from the Thunder. They will likely want to get out of his multi year deal. Then the Thunder could waive and stretch Crabbe and save a lot more than his salary.