NetsDaily Off-Season Report – No. 7

The Draft is two weeks and two days away. Free agency is three weeks away. And all we have is speculation – a lot of it – which is exactly how Sean Marks & co. want it. The number and range of possibilities is near infinite, at least by NBA standards: Stay at Nos. 6, 33 and 43, move up, move down, add a pick. When you have as many draft assets as the Nets do — the most picks (32), most first round picks (13), most tradeable first round picks (nine), most first round swaps (two) and most second round picks (19) plus $34 million in cap space, there’s plenty of ways to move. You’ve heard it all before but it remains true.

One bet we’d make, based purely on history, is that it is highly unlikely that the Nets will come away from the draft with picks taken at Nos. 6, 13 and 43. We at NetsDaily learned that lesson back in 2019 when the Nets had two first rounders at Nos. 17 and 27 plus a pick at the top of the second in No. 31. We wrote endlessly about the top prospects at those first round slots, only to see Marks trade both picks to add the cap space needed to sign Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan. Then, they took Nic Claxton at No. 31. One surprise after another.

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Here’s another bet: Whoever they take in the Draft will not be close to a finished product, even in the most basic sense. Nate Ament told Marc J. Spears in May that he’s been told he could grow another two inches from his current 6’9.5” in socks. He also has “projectable frame,” meaning he can fill out, tweeted Jonathan Givony. They’ll all likely be 19 or 20 years old and be in need of a lot of work in the weight room, on the practice court, etc. No team in the Nets situation drafts for the next season.

Moreover, the roster will change …. a lot. We can only speculate on who they plan to target and how. Will Marks try to lure a veteran like Austin Reaves? C.J. McCullum? Donatas Sabonis? Or maybe toss an offer sheet at Peyton Watson and see how much the Nuggets are willing to spend to keep him? Or how about Tari Eason of the Rockets? He’s also restricted. Ayo Dosunmu of the Timberwolves? He’s…

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