Brooklyn’s NBA Draft place is sort of finalized.
The Nets secured the nineteenth decide in June’s draft on Monday after a three-way tiebreaker at NBA headquarters final week. Initially owned by the Milwaukee Bucks, the decide was acquired in final summer season’s Mikal Bridges commerce with the Knicks.
The Washington Wizards and Miami Warmth obtained picks No. 18 and No. 20, respectively, after the tiebreaker.
Brooklyn holds the sixth-best odds for the No. 1 total decide and owns two further first-round picks: No. 26 (by way of Knicks) and No. 27 (by way of Houston). The NBA Draft lottery is about for Could 12 in Chicago.
PLAYER POLL
The Nets didn’t obtain a lot love in The Athletics’ 2025 nameless NBA participant ballot. Then once more, that a lot was anticipated after a 26-56 season. For context, the ballot surveyed 158 gamers throughout all 30 NBA groups, however not all gamers answering each query.
Cam Johnson, who averaged a career-best 18.8 factors per sport final season whereas taking pictures 47.5% from the sector and 39% from 3-point vary, obtained votes for probably the most underrated participant within the league. Of the 136 gamers who voted on this query, 75 obtained at the very least one vote.
Jordi Fernandez obtained 2.7%% of votes for the worst head coach within the NBA, tied for ninth with former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone. Coaches from lottery groups had been primarily listed on the ballot, with Milwaukee’s Doc Rivers and the Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau being the exceptions. Washington’s Brian Keefe topped the checklist with 24.7% of votes.
For what it’s price, the Nets did obtain 0.7% of votes for being the most effective group within the league. Unsurprisingly, the Golden State Warriors took the highest spot with 21.9% of votes, adopted by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
KUMINGA TO BROOKLYN?
The Warriors and Jonathan Kuminga have seemed to be heading towards a divorce for some time now. The 2021 lottery decide has improved in every of his first 4 seasons within the NBA, fell out of Steve Kerr’s rotation towards the top of the common season and could possibly be on the transfer as a restricted free agent this summer season.
Kuminga, 22, averaged 15.3 factors on 45.4% taking pictures, with 4.6 rebounds and a pair of.2 assists in 24.3 minutes this season. In line with NBA contributor Marc Stein, the rebuilding Nets — and their huge quantities of cap house — could possibly be a group all for taking a flier on the high-flying ahead.
“The Nets, at present, are projected to be the only team with $40 million in salary cap space this summer, theoretically positioning them to mount a firm Kuminga pursuit if they wish,” Stein wrote in his newest Substack publish. “That lack of abundant cap space has led various team strategists this week to suggest that a sign-and-trade could be the ultimate mechanism that delivers the former No. 7 pick out of the Bay Area come July.”
