Whats are the odds BKN picks are lotto '16-18?

[sed522002]

Well considering this:

Tim Bontemps ‏@TimBontemps  48m
After denying Jason Kidd's demand to oversee basketball operations, Nets have given Bucks permission to speak to him: http://nyp.st/1wXnIwr

Who knows who the coach is going to be if Kidd leaves and who knows the future of PP and KG now.

[mef730]

I've gotta think we're going to be in good shape.  DWill and JJ are getting older and Brooke Lopez has yet to prove that he can stay healthy.  Livingston is gone and Pierce/Garnett won't help much.  Meanwhile, the Nets will likely have a weak draft pick next year, since they get the worse of theirs or Atlanta's.

2015-16: They have absolutely no cap space.  They're stuck with DWill, JJ and BL and if Lopez doesn't stay healthy, they could be really bad.  True, two of those will be expiring contracts, but I just don't see them getting much for them.  We have a pretty good shot at a lottery pick in 2016.

2016-17: Only one contract (DWill, $22m) still on the books, so they have a chance to pick up some decent free agents.  Here's the question: For free agents looking to play in New York, Brooklyn offers a decent location.  That will be the big draw, although the Knicks have even more room than the Nets will.  Geography will be the big draw, since they likely won't have any big players and nothing in the way of good draft picks to trade.  But if FAs are taking the attitude of "I want to win now," then Brooklyn will be in trouble.  You'd have to sign two big free agents, but they'd be the only strong players on the team.  Also, some guy named Durant (I'm told he's pretty good.) will be a FA at the end of the 15-16 season.  No doubt there will be a bunch of players looking to pair themselves up with Durant and head somewhere with an existing superstar and cap room.

2017-18: See above.  It could still be ugly.

I'm a born pessimist, so I don't want to get too far ahead of myself here, but I think there's a good chance that we end up with a couple of nice picks in 16-18.

Mike

[footey]

A lot will depend on how the rest of the East develops. Where will we, Philly, Knicks, Wiz, Orl, Hornets, Hawks, etc. be in a couple of years? I would say that relative to the Nets, all of the above teams will have improved more over the next several years.  So there is a good chance that Nets will be in the lottery one of those two years if not both. 

However, they have no incentive to tank, so the odds of them giving us a top 5 or even top 10 pick pretty slim.

[Fred Roberts]

I think the Nets make the playoffs this year but fall off dramatically after that.

Even in 2014-2015, I think the Celtics will be hanging with them competitively and record wise. The Celts are poised to over take the Nets soon but that's another story.

2016, the pick will be lottery for sure. 2018 is pretty far away but likely lottery bound as well. Future is bright for the C's if we hold those picks.

[joepatsfan]

Thank god for the awful contracts and Kidd debacle.

Those '16-18 picks are looking sweet now....

No way PP is going back there unless he really wants to end it with KG.

Assuming LAC doesn't get a stud in FA, I see PP going there

[Jiri Welsch]

Thank god for the awful contracts and Kidd debacle.

Those '16-18 picks are looking sweet now....

No way PP is going back there unless he really wants to end it with KG.

Assuming LAC doesn't get a stud in FA, I see PP going there

I don't see how firing a lunatic and bad coach puts the team in a worse spot

[joepatsfan]

I guess. Still that team has no options player wise. They are locked into mega deals with two players aging rapidly. Johnson is solid but ceetainly getting up there. DWill looks about 37 at this point and almost done but still has 3Yr left on his deal.

If they get Lionel Hollins to coach, then cool, it may make the players happier but the still don't have much talent there. KG is costing 12M this season and is plays like a 45YO. They don't have a lot of wiggle room