Can’t land good picks because of flattened odds. Can’t trade picks because no team wants to do it anymore. Can’t trade for players because no one wants to trade picks. Can’t sign free agents because of the aprons. Adam Silver has killed all team building in the NBA
After winning only 20 games, the Nets fell all the way to the 6th overall pick in the draft lottery.
It’s been a rough go since they moved to Brooklyn.
’13: Traded every pick for Pierce and KG
’14: Beat Toronto / Lost to LeBron in five
’15: 38 wins somehow made playoffs / gentlemen’s swept
’16: 21 wins / Celtics owned the Nets’ pick
’17: 20 wins / Celtics got Tatum from Nets pick
’18: DLo revival season / culture finally mattered again
’19: Made playoffs / KD and Kyrie chose Brooklyn
’20: Bubble / Swept by Raptors
’21: KD’s toe was on the line
’22: Kyrie vaccine / swept by Celtics
’22: traded Harden for Ben Simmons
’23: Swept by Sixers
’25: 8th pick
’26: 20 wins, lottery bombed to 6th pick
’27: Houston holds swap rights
In the last 6 quarters Shane Bowen’s defense has allowed 875 yards, 85 points, and forced just one punt.
This isn’t even normal bad anymore. This has reached historically bad.
There's one team that can unlock Cooper
Flagg's full potential:
The Brooklyn Nets.
The Nets have 3 1st round picks in the 2025 draft alone. And with only 4 players on their team under contract next season, Brooklyn has all the tools to immediately reshape their roster around Flagg.
Of all the teams at the bottom of the standings, the Nets have the biggest market.
While there have been more cases of rising stars playing for small markets, the buzz from a bigger city just hits different.
Flagg can immediately become the face of a franchise.
He can completely turn the team around.
And he can rekindle a passion for the game in Brooklyn.
The Nets have a 9% chance of winning the lottery - the 6th-best odds.
It may not be likely. But crazier things have happened... 🤷♂️