Whereas the NBA’s contenders are battling within the postseason, the remainder are plotting their offseasons. And for this upcoming summer time — the draft and free company — the Nets’ appreciable property could put them within the driver’s seat.
It stays to be seen which highway normal supervisor Sean Marks and staff proprietor Joe Tsai resolve to drive down.
“The Nets are in the driver’s seat this offseason with cap flexibility. Including the free-agent holds of [Cam] Thomas, [Day’Ron] Sharpe and their four first-round picks, Brooklyn projects to have $45 million in cap room,” wrote ESPN Insider Bobby Marks — no relation to Sean, regardless of having previously been the Nets’ assistant normal supervisor.
The Nets can keep the course down the rebuilding path they began on final summer time, tanking once more subsequent season for one more lottery choose in a second straight sturdy draft. Or they’ll veer off and attempt to commerce for a star.
