I'm not sure they have enough for me to want to give them back their picks though. A 28 year old Bridges is fine and would be a clear upgrade over Green... but does he really have a future with the team?
I do not want bridges, he gave up at the end of the season, and if that is his attitude then it is not worth the risk. Pascal Siakim is a free agent this summer and a better player, and you wouldn't need to give up any brooklyn assets. A #3 overall has a lot of value right now pre draft, even in a weak draft. I hope that the Rockets understand this and only play the Nets into thinking they will bail them out so they go the rebuild route instead of trying to trade for Donovan or Ingram. Once the big names find a new home, I'd stop answering calls from BKN.
It is the same old story....... Fred Van Vleet because you cannot get Donovan Mitchell (back in the past) Dillon Brooks because you cannot get Alex Caruso or OG Anunoby. Now Bridges because you cannot get Jaylen Brown or Paul George.
Looks like Nets may rebuild now Joe Tsai says Nets want to 'take a longer-term approach,' which certainly sounds like code for a rebuild - CBSSports.com
I think it's a common misconception that the only profit from being bad is your own draft pick. They have a players of value that they can trade, they have cap space that they can rent for assets. They have several big trade exceptions that would allow them to take on salary for assets. Their own pick is a sunk cost - they have to forget it and do what they can otherwise to acquire talent - generally with other teams draft picks. They did just that at the trade deadline dumping Dinwiddie and Royce O'Neale. Those dudes didn't have a future there and they extracted value for them. They'll have money to spend in FA giving them at least another player asset. No, they probably won't have early draft picks as a result but they will get multiple bites at the apple and in their current situation, that's about the best they can expect.
We still have this one - 2027 first round draft pick from Brooklyn (swap, Houston outgoing) Houston has the right to swap its 2027 1st round pick for Brooklyn's 2027 1st round pick [Brooklyn-Cleveland-Houston-Indiana, 1/16/2021]
Owning that pick means they have two off-seasons to get their rebuild complete .... or they give us another lottery pick. The odds of the Nets being a playoff team in that time are slim .... For me to consider giving up that pick, they'd have to make me a godfather offer.
