If your running the Nets right now what do you want for Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson, Jarret Jack, Thad Young.
If it's me, I suck it up and start preparing for the future with Young players and draft picks. It makes little sense to try to maintain our get better just out of spite.
I'll unload Lopez for two firsts and a good young player, Joe Johnson I'll take a late first and a prospect. Anyone on my roster would become available for picks and prospects.
Agreed.
I know that Brooklyn (with all of their financial investment) doesn't want to do the whoel rebuild thing, but right now it seems to be about the only option for them worth taking.
None of their key players (Lopez, Young, Johnson) have enough trade value to bring back a legitimate star player who can propel them to being a competitive playoff team, nor do they have the cap space or draft picks to add quality players via FA or the draft.
Really the only plan that makes any sense for Brooklyn is to trade away Lopez and Johnson and hope to get high-upside prospects (guys like Harrison Barnes, Victor Oladipo, Dante Exum, Aaron Gordon, Noah Vonleh) and then pray that one or two or those guys breaks out.
They should probably look to teams like the Lakers and Knicks - teams who are building with youth, but who want to get back to relevance ASAP - and see if they can use Lopez a bait to bring in future lottery picks or a top prospect like Randle.
Maybe they should try to shop Lopez to the 76ers. He's still pretty young and the Sixers seem to have a thing for young big men who are either one dimensional (Noel, Okafor) or chronically injured (Embiid). Lopez is both, so They should be all over him haha