I HIGHLY recommend the latest edition of the Lowe Post. There's a ton of Nets talk and it's extremely interesting.
I listened to it yesterday. It's very interesting though I am mad that they can't cuss like they could on Grantland.
They basically contradicted everything that's been said by the pessimists about Brooklyn's situation.
-Brooklyn right now is in the worst possible spot they can be in. They are awful with no realistic hope for the future until they stop giving the Celtics their picks, which doesn't happen until 2019. The only other team that has been in a worse spot was Ted Stepiens' Cavaliers, and they were so bad that the NBA had to create rules to just to get them out of that hole.
-Even if Brooklyn is in New York, that doesn't raise its value at all especially since the Nets, unlike the Knicks who have Melo and Porzingis, don't have a superstar or a young prospect to build around. And, as evidenced by Greg Monroe and Lamarcus Aldridge, guys don't consider these high markets if the teams are terrible and they can get paid just as much somewhere else.
-They weren't hating on Lopez and Young. They are just saying those two are not guys to build around. The Nets are going to have money but so is everyone else, and basically they said you can bet your bottom dollar no high-caliber free agent will sign with Brooklyn with all the money that will go around.
-They acknowledge that Brooklyn's moves that backfired were explainable back when they were made (outside of trading the #6 pick for Wallace), but the mindset they have right now is dumb. They supposedly think moving ahead with Lopez/Young is the right way to go when they should be trying to get something of young value out of those guys. If they are doing it just to set the Celtics back with the picks, there's no point because those picks are gone anyway. That just sets the Nets back too. They should re-build, not re-tool.
-They had quite a few trade proposals for Lopez/Young. They said that, again, contradictory to what a few here believe, no one in the league wants to pay much for Brook Lopez given his foot issues (Given that they have sources, I believe them). They are willing to trade for him, but not much. They proposed Portland, Oklahoma City, Charlotte, and even Boston could get Lopez. They made a few proposals for Young too like Toronto and Detroit. Believe it or not, those guys don't fetch much value despite their numbers.
I agree with them. Brooklyn is screwed. Their experiment failed badly, and they should re-build. They have a few decent young pieces like Hollis-Jefferson and possibly McCullough, but they need more. Young is a glorified role player while Lopez is an injury-prone but offensively talented big. Cash in on them while you still can. I know a few are going to say, "But they could get someone in free agency!" Is that a possibility? Yes, but is it likely? Nope. If the Knicks couldn't land a big fish in free agency this year, the odds of the Nets getting someone good is even less likely.
Well done Mr. Ainge. This couldn't have worked out any better.
Topic: Official 2015-16 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (21-59, 3rd slot as of 4/12) (Read 704237 times)