NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are heading into one of the biggest summers in franchise history as the right moves this offseason could shorten the duration of their current rebuild. Brooklyn has plenty of ways to get better this offseason and while most of their rebuild is invested in the Draft, the organization has also made it clear that anything can happen.
“I think we need to be opportunistic, right? In this market, we’re always going to have various different free-agents and opportunities thrown at us,” Nets general manager Sean Marks said during his exit interview on Monday. With Brooklyn being located in New York City, the team does have the advantage of being in a location that many players want to be in, but the Nets have to be able to do more if they’re going to attract marquee free-agents.
“Just simply being in a top-five market in the league, that’s going to happen,” Marks continued. “We don’t want to get sped up. We’ve talked multiple times about being systematic and strategic in how we build here. We know we have 15 first-round picks in the next six, seven years. There’s a lot of draft assets at stake, there’s a lot of cap room at stake.”
As Marks alluded to, the Nets have plenty of first-round picks, not only in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft, and the franchise is expected to be one of the few teams with ample cap space to use in free-agency this summer. With Brooklyn coming off a 26-56 record during the 2024-25 season, it may be difficult to sell free-agents on signing with the Nets for reasons related to winning, but it seems that the future could change depending on what players become available.
For example, Brooklyn continues to be linked to Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo in trade rumors and if the Bucks do not make it far in the playoffs this year, it’s possible that Antetokounmpo could want to go elsewhere. More to the point, if the Nets are lucky enough to be in a position to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg, Brooklyn’s trajectory could change in an instant. Marks sounds like he is keeping his options open at this point.
“How we use that (draft picks and cap space), it’s probably too early to determine, but there’s a very different pathways we can go on,” Marks explained. “It’s just about being opportunistic as to how we build and when we go all in again, so to speak. That could be going all in with whether it’s free agents or trades, but it also could be go all in with systematically growing some homegrown talent.”
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets will be opportunistic as they navigate their current rebuild
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are heading into one of the biggest summers in franchise history as the right moves this offseason could shorten the duration of their current rebuild. Brooklyn has plenty of ways to get better this offseason and while most of their rebuild is invested in the Draft, the organization has also made it clear that anything can happen.
“I think we need to be opportunistic, right? In this market, we’re always going to have various different free-agents and opportunities thrown at us,” Nets general manager Sean Marks said during his exit interview on Monday. With Brooklyn being located in New York City, the team does have the advantage of being in a location that many players want to be in, but the Nets have to be able to do more if they’re going to attract marquee free-agents.
“Just simply being in a top-five market in the league, that’s going to happen,” Marks continued. “We don’t want to get sped up. We’ve talked multiple times about being systematic and strategic in how we build here. We know we have 15 first-round picks in the next six, seven years. There’s a lot of draft assets at stake, there’s a lot of cap room at stake.”
As Marks alluded to, the Nets have plenty of first-round picks, not only in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft, and the franchise is expected to be one of the few teams with ample cap space to use in free-agency this summer. With Brooklyn coming off a 26-56 record during the 2024-25 season, it may be difficult to sell free-agents on signing with the Nets for reasons related to winning, but it seems that the future could change depending on what players become available.
For example, Brooklyn continues to be linked to Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo in trade rumors and if the Bucks do not make it far in the playoffs this year, it’s possible that Antetokounmpo could want to go elsewhere. More to the point, if the Nets are lucky enough to be in a position to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg, Brooklyn’s trajectory could change in an instant. Marks sounds like he is keeping his options open at this point.
“How we use that (draft picks and cap space), it’s probably too early to determine, but there’s a very different pathways we can go on,” Marks explained. “It’s just about being opportunistic as to how we build and when we go all in again, so to speak. That could be going all in with whether it’s free agents or trades, but it also could be go all in with systematically growing some homegrown talent.”
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets will be opportunistic as they navigate their current rebuild
