ANALYSIS: How should Brooklyn Nets fans feel about Nate Ament?

I will always appreciate writing for NetsDaily. There are nearly 600 comments on Friday’s article, where I reported the league-wide consensus that the Brooklyn Nets have interest in Tennessee’s Nate Ament, whether at the #6 spot or in a trade-down. Thank you all for the engagement and consistent readership; I don’t even remember the Nets playing in the NBA Finals, and yet, my fandom-turned-coverage of the team has, somehow, been as rewarding as it has been tormenting, thanks to the people who visit this site regularly.

So let’s just clarify a couple things about that report. I am not reporting that it is “likely” that the Nets take Ament, but rather, that is what people around the league believe. Brian Lewis of the New York Post, ever a trustworthy reporter, says that Ament hasn’t even been in for a workout…

I personally doubt it’s “likely” the Nets take anybody at this juncture, over a fortnight before the NBA Draft, though their interest in Ament certainly seems legit. The noise, though, is undeniable. No prospect is linked to Brooklyn more often — it’s not even close.

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And again, part of that comes from Brooklyn’s recent draft history. But just because it seems like the Nets would take Ament at #6 — after Egor Dëmin, everybody now knows this front office isn’t afraid to “reach” in the lottery — doesn’t actually make it more likely.

Perhaps the Nets are preying on their rivals’ preconceived notions to create some smoke, maybe they’re doing their best to facilitate a trade-down, who knows? For what it’s worth, major sportsbooks still don’t think Ament is “likely” to go at #6, though the odds are climbing. On Kalshi (sorry), Ament’s odds of being drafted at #6 overall have jumped from 4% to 17% in the past week, but that’s still lower than Mikel Brown Jr. and Darius Acuff.

In any case, there’s enough smoke to strongly consider Ament’s strengths and weaknesses, even if Brooklyn doesn’t trade down, which would have seemed unthinkable a couple weeks ago. He was not good at Tennessee in his freshman year, and to discuss his talents further, I…

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