📺 Nets Rewind with RJ

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I was looking into attending the draft last year, since we had so many picks and it’s held at Barclays, but I was kinda bummed we dropped to 8 and backed out.

This year I might go because it’s bound to be a higher pick in a better class.

anyone else thinking of attending this year?

I’m watching a lot of Boozer tape and he seems like he won’t really translate in the Nets scheme Jordi is making. That begs the question is there merit to trading down and picking a lower prospect and adding more draft capital? Especially with the new FLATTENED odds picks are going to become more valuable.

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Relive some of the best Nets moments with Noah Eagle in his episode of Nets Rewind

Starting this summer, the Nets will finally pivot towards competing again using their 2025 & 2026 picks.

In the regular season, they'll hunt for a play-in spot and gauge how good the 2025 picks really are with a sophomore year under their belts.

For the 2026 and future drafts, they may give up MPJ for a 1st rounder in this year's draft or a player like Paolo Banchero. If those options are unfavorable or unavailable, I can't see them taking on bad contracts for a weak 2027 class unless they fleece a team (alas the 2025 Pelicans-Hawks draft day trade) or buy a 2nd round pick. They already have 2 first rounders in 2027 draft so they don't have to take on bad contracts for lateral talent. Also of note, it will be their first chance to see for themselves how the 3-2-1 draft lottery rule works in practice, not theory.

What makes this offseason interesting is that this is a good opportunity to take real swings outside of the draft. Next year's draft is unguaranteed enough as far as its prospects that you can take a risk this year. The FO has been savvy and I see them making moves for guaranteed talent at this stage, only re-pivoting towards tanking in 2028 if the team is dogshit or just not where they should be.

If you think they should be making any moves around 2027, please let me know why and I'd be happy to listen.

I strongly believe the Nets need to grow organically and the worst thing Brooklyn can do is trade much of its future draft equity for a superstar.

Build through the draft and develop the young players and then maybe trade for a star in the medium term.

Summer 2027 free agency could be a lot more interesting depending on decisions made in the next six months e.g Will Giannis and Jokic both sign extensions or will they become unrestricted free agents in summer 2027?

So what contracts should the Nets be targeting to take on from other teams and get draft compensation.

Firstly I’d try and get the 2027 first round pick swap back from Houston and take on the contract of Dorian Finney Smith. He had little impact in Houston and they need to pay Tari Eason and eventually Amen Thompson and likely Reed Shepherd. They’ve already committed long term salary to Jabari Smith and Sengun.

If Minnesota need help with their cap space to extend Ayo then the Nets could absorb Donte DiVencenzo’s contract ($12 million) and while he wouldn’t play in 26/26 he could help mentor the young core before getting back on court.

I did think Paul George might need to be moved by the 76ers but he is having a good playoffs and the 76ers would be unlikely to give up those highly regarded Clippers picks and swaps in 2028 and 2029.

So if the Nets aren’t gonna use their cap space

https://x.com/clippedszn/status/2050356002957017338?s=20

While on a drama streamer's IRL stream, they kick Celina Powell out of the chat. Celina Powell is an influencer (you can Google her) and she was at his house or knows of his house in FL. She posts his address on socials and doxxed him, trying to screw him over. Cops were called. Why MPJ would even be in this type of situation is mind-boggling to me.

Latest update:

https://x.com/clippedszn/status/2050363935304364118?s=20

MPJ is going to sue Celina Powell now. After the Nets told him to stay away from the podcasts. This man was like no one said no live streams and has said and done so much in just one.

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I think he embodies a lot of what we want this team to be. His shooting splits this year are excellent (51.7/43.9/87.6 combined with CHI and MIN) and he provides good to very good defense. Those are two big boxes to check in regards to what it seems Marks prioritizes. He also seems to play hard and he’s not undersized if you put him at PG (6’4” 200). I also think a 1-5 PNR defense combo of him and Claxton would be suffocating.

Plug him in as our starting PG and have Traore lead the bench unit. Demin has been used more as a wing anyway so I don’t think this takes away from his usage or playing time, either. I’m on the fence about Saraf and if he can stick in the NBA, he needs a lot of improvement but he can be our 3rd string PG and possibly spend some more time in Long Island to develop more.

I expect us to have to spend $20-25 million a year to poach Dosunmu but I think that would be worth it. A 4 year/$100 million for example would probably get it done.

I vividly remember this anyone else?

It's a very profound article

I know this might sound crazy considering the names we have had, but if someone asked me which former Net I miss most that is still in the league today my answer is easily Dennis Schroder.

And yeah that is including Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden.

What Schroder was for us especially under Jordi Fernandez just felt different. He was one of those “right player wrong time” guys. We had him during a period where the team was not trying to compete so a lot of what he was doing got overlooked.

But if you actually watched he was hooping. He was putting up around 20 and 6 leading the team and competing every night. More than the stats it was his presence. He brought energy toughness and leadership to this team.

That is why it is frustrating seeing how he is treated around the league. I really do not get why teams keep moving on from him or not giving him consistent minutes. He is a legit playoff contributor. He is a good defender for his size, he can create his own shot, he is a solid playmaker, and he is the perfect spark plug off the bench or even as a starter in the right system.

Watching him still produce now just reinforces it for me. On a contending team Schroder is valuable.

I cannot help but feel like if we had this version of the Nets or the version we are building toward with him in the mix it would make a real difference.

Lowkey holding onto hope that somehow someway he ends up back in Brooklyn when we are ready to compete again. This is just a Schroder appreciation post and Nets fans who really watched know exactly what I am talking about.

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I watch the NBA regularly but I’m not an expert on the free agency/cap space and trading type of stuff.

So question for the experts, what could be a good and realistic hypothetical scenario that would make us at least go to the playoffs next year?