[Poll] Trading out of the 2026 draft, terrible mistake?

massive lol

 

Unknowable? Inknown commodity?

 

“We are not a developmental team anymore.” — Stonedoka


They’d draft another lottery bust.

 

Yeah. I don't think there's any real chance Brooklyn would have gotten out of the high lotto this season either way, and people who say "they wouldn't have tanked" are deep in the cope. They didn't have a choice, they were screwed. Mikal Bridges as your #1 option is laughable now, in hindsight.

This draft could have really given direction to the franchise at a critical moment.

That said, the new lottery structure does breath a little bit of life into the trade. but some of that depends on the 2027 draft, which is... not good.

 

lol,,, you remembered! Only a few will.

 

Lol... the 50 win lottery busts keep stacking up!

 

Nah. We won 52 last season then acquired KD. Rationally you expect to win more games this season and go further in the playoffs. There’s no reason to keep your own pick. There’s no reason the Suns/Nets let you keep this pick.

Honestly I think this criticism is silly. You would not be giving a F about this pick if they had cashed in a future pick or Adams or Tari for a PG at the deadline because we would have made it to the second round. If FVV and KD were healthy we might have even made the conference finals.

 

Fine that you don’t care but reality is that if we made progress to the second round with two rotation players missing (Adams and FVV) then it’s legitimate to say we’re close to a conference finals. That's a step forward for a team that is going to have internal development from many players. It's good momentum. Advancing one round each season is passable progress to most, even if not you and me.

It’s also a matter of fact that if we made it that far then the very same young players you don’t believe in would mathematically have better stats and performances which would lift the assessment of whether they’re good building blocks.

It’s also important that neither Phoenix nor Brooklyn nor Houston would have a high pick in this draft if we didn’t give Brooklyn the pick. They simply would have acquired better players instead of tanking and we would’ve had a 8th pick or lower. We’re not picking a better player than Sengun that late in the draft.

 

rox made the right decision.

fred van fleet coming back is like the equivalent of a topic 5 pick. we're taking over the league next year.

 

Stoned and deleted.

 

We would draft another skinny scrawny guy that the ringer recommended.

 

Who cares. Stone would have wasted the pick anyways

 

The Nets would not have tanked if they did not have their own picks. In that last season before we traded them their picks back they won 32 games. That's the 10th pick this year with zero improvement. Once Ben Simmons' contract rolled off the books they would have used their cap space to sign or trade for big inprovements and traded lower draft picks for good players. They would not be conveying a top 5 pick. It's really simple.

People confuse saying the Nets would not have tanked with they would have been good. No, they still would have sucked, but in a year when nearly half the league was tanking they would have won too many games to convey a pick near the level you guys are dreaming about.

 

maybe, maybe no?

 

trading out of this draft was horrific

but this is what happens when a dumb GM in way over his head thinks he’s outsmarting another team

when Stone gave BK their pick back in a very strong draft, they laughed until tears rolled down their face and then hit up the most expensive restaurant in the city to celebrate