Nets GM Sean Marks insisted Mikal Bridges didn’t force Brooklyn’s rebuild by demanding a trade. But make no mistake, they’re in a full-on rebuild.
“This is something that we’ll continue to be strategic on and let it play out. But this build, do I think it’s going to take time? We’ll be strategic in it. But I do think being in this market, with this amount of draft assets, we’ve done it before,” said Marks. “Not that it’s going to be expedited by any means, but I don’t think it’s a long process either.”The Pistons have had one winning season since 2007-08 — none since 2015-16 — and have been tanking for at least five years.
And in return for Bridges, they got the Knicks’ 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031 first-rounders, a 2028 first-round swap, and a 2025 Bucks first.“We’re always looking two, three, four years ahead to try to navigate a pathway and when we’re looking at this not holding our picks, honestly that would’ve been detrimental to those two draft classes,” said Marks. “So now we have quite a number of picks, and especially in ‘25. We’ll see how we navigate that. But we’re excited about what the future holds.
That future will be built on up to $80 million in cap space next summer, and the 16 first-round picks over the next seven years.“It’s been reported that Mikal wanted to leave or requested a trade. That could not be further from the truth,” Marks said. “That’s just not in Mikal’s character. That’s not who he is, and that definitely did not happen. He was told by me when I called him and let him know that we’re at the 2-yard line.
“We’ll be strategic in how we continue to build. This time we can build through the cap space that we’ll have,” said Marks. “Having flexibility moving into this new [collective bargaining agreement, nobody’s quite sure how it’s going to be; look at free agency right now and how it’s affecting different teams. So for us to maintain that flexibility into the season is pretty important for us.”Breaking down the 2025 NBA Draft prospects now tantalizingly within the Nets' reachNoah K.
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