The Wizards should be applauded for their actions yesterday.
They didn’t care about optics, what people would say on social media, or Adam Silver.
They wanted a loss and earned it.
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This Is Not Basketball
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This Is Not Basketball
@ThisIsNotBBall
It’s a great day to be a Swamp Dragon.
Brooklyn, NY شامل ہوئے Haziran 2025
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This Wizards lineup wouldn’t make the NCAA Tournament.
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Trading MPJ was never realistic for the Nets. From a talent perspective, they couldn't risk losing even more ground on the rest of the league.
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I get the agita over Marks, but the Nets need so many players the focus needs to be on development right now.
They NEED the Flatbush Five to turn into something productive.
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The Nets are miles away from being a playoff team, so any beneficial deadline deal would’ve been a boost.
At the same time, the Nets are miles away from being a playoff team, so it doesn’t really matter that they didn’t do anything.
It’s fine, I promise.
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Joe Harris leads the Nets with 282 games started since 2016-17, the beginning of the Sean Marks era.
All 29 other teams have at least one player who’s started more games in that time. Most have two or three.
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Both are true:
No. 24 is a worker who has improved significantly and will continue to get better.
Brooklyn and No. 24 are not the right fit for each other.
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I know @brooklynsbeat will come for me, but I get why the Nets didn't want to add a sixth rookie to the roster.
But man is it hard to find a more necessary fit on the roster than Koby Brea.
There will be others, I suppose.
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@BillyReinhardt They can agree to terms with Cam without putting pen to paper.
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Potentially, but it’s likely the Nets are looking to utilize their remaining cap space strategically before going over the cap to re-sign Cam Thomas.
Brooklyn has roughly $17M in cap space remaining, advantageous for taking on more salary for draft capital.
Brooklynsbeat@brooklynsbeat
It’s apparent #Nets, as they should, are playing hardball with cam Thomas
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Based on their draft, it sure feels like the Nets could do with some movement shooters.
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I have a feeling that Cam Thomas contract is going to be mammoth.
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The NBA Draft is about bringing in guys with an NBA skill and developing them.
The Nets added five of those players yesterday.
Play style and fit will be sorted out later.
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@brooklynsbeat Agreed - no reason they can’t develop 5 or 6 rookies, especially with Long Island.
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As they should. Look how paltry some of the talent is that played last year, and much of these guys are gone already or will be. This isn’t 5 rookies finding time on the 2025 OKC Thunder lol
NetsDaily@NetsDaily
ESPN and NBA Big Board now saying Nets would take unprecedented stop or rostering all 5 firsts with ESPN saying they have faith in Jordi Fernandez and staff development.
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Only thing better than an NBA championship
Is having 5 first-round draft picks
Very obvious stat
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This should be a warning to Sean Marks.
If you overpay Cam Thomas this summer, you might be forced to trade for Kevin Durant just to get rid of him.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns are trading two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in the 2025 draft and five second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
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@brooklynsbeat We’ve been down this road with Durant (and others) before. Unless you’re Nico Harrison, it’s not easy trading a star.
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Ah, the “we can just keep him” chapter of the leverage games is upon us
NBACentral@TheDunkCentral
Brian Windhorst says he wouldn’t rule out the Suns considering keeping Kevin Durant “I would not rule out the Suns not being able to get a trade they like and having to make a decision—like, do we not trade him at all?” (🎥 @ESPNCleveland )
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It wasn’t utilized at Duke, but this was a big reason Maluach had so much preseason draft hype.
Lucas Kaplan@LucasKaplan_
...I think this might be my guy
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For those keeping tabs on the salary dump market, it sounds like KCP's 2-year, $43 million contract was worth a first to Memphis.
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It’s going to be very hard for Marks to trade Cam Johnson after Memphis received a haul for Bane. He’ll want a similar deal, but won’t get one.
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