I’m not *dying* to move him, but it’d be irresponsible to not at least see what’s out there for him given the contract he has coming.
huey88
Won’t move Bridges but willing to move Claxton. At some point Tsai really needs to look at what Marks is doing.
_SCARY_HOURS_
I’m not ready to see this team without a big again. It was fucking frustrating last night when Clax wasn’t on the floor. Really where we lost the game
Wavesuit
I’m not against it but would be lying if I said I wouldn’t bawl my eyes out
ihavepaper
This is going to be interesting.
Nic’s offensive game is limited, but he’s got a lot of upside. Will he be worth what he’s demanding? No clue, but I’d be interested to see what the Nets could get in return if they’re serious. At this point though, who the hell plays center for this damn team?
Future_Network_2158
Idk what’s going to happen but I think the nets are doing a good job of posturing to the media. First they put out that they’ll be buyers, then they said they’ll ship out royce and dfs for the right move, then they said that bridges is untouchable even for the houston picks, then they said that claxton wasnt being traded and now they’re saying it’s mixed signals. Definitely something brewing in the coming days.
JurgenFlippers
I wanna re-sign clax he’s been super impressive basically since we went back to switching.
That being said if he’s only taking 20-25 mill or walking and teams are offering good value I don’t see why you turn it down. Clax is good but limited. He doesn’t provide serious size as a centre, is only really a defensive anchor in a switching scheme. But he’s Uber talented so who knows.
zestysnacks
You gotta consider it for sure.
EliManningham
I like Clax, but he’s not an anchor defensively like we thought. He’s incredible at switching, but he’s essentially a 4 who can’t shoot with his frame. He just hinders lineup versatility so much. He’s the cherry on top piece to a contender, IMO. I don’t think he’s a fundamental building block though.
I’d be more comfortable with Dayron being a Looney type big on a team friendly deal, than Clax getting high end role player money.
LUFC_shitpost
We’re 11th in the East. You listen to offers for everyone apart from CT. You especially listen to offers for unrestricted free agents even if they’re your third best player. This news is only strange after the news that Mikal is untouchable. Strange.
Brooklyn917
Sean Marks really doesnt like to pay centers so why even draft them…lol
Whatever pay day clax is expecting if its more than $15-18 Million then they should defintley trade him.
A_Polite_Noise
I say it often, but I’ll say it again: anyone and everyone is available, in my mind, as long as there’s an offer that improves us. I like a lot of our guys, I want to see them develop, but Brook Lopez was the last guy I got upset about losing. It’s a business, I’m a team fan first, and while I’d love us to have Clax and Cam Thomas and Mikal and whoever for a while and succeed with them, if any offer comes in that improves the team and it’s success, I say take it. Plenty of our guys with potential will of course land on their feet wherever they end up.
Not saying I won’t be sad losing many of them. I will be. But I’ll get over it.
shahoftheworld
It will be upsetting to lose Clax, but Marks has done a pretty good job with the bigs pipeline. Lopez->Allen->Claxton. All good players. All homegrown. All fan favorites. I know Lopez wasn’t Marks, but he had a plan in place for after he was traded.
ughwhateverman
Anyone other than Mikal/Cam Thomas should be available if the plan is to retool.
I love Clax’s game dearly but if someone goes crazy with an offer, it’d be irresponsible not to listen
He’s a really really good player but there’s 2 deficiencies that I wanted more improvement on by now:
1. He’s not a good enough DHO hub. He misses/doesn’t attempt backdoor passes, which makes the offense even more predictable. I would have hoped this facet of his game improved by now.
2. His body. He gained weight 2 offseasons ago. Heading into last offseason, he said he wanted to work on his body even more. I was disappointed to see that he looked the same (it’s possible he gained weight but I don’t see it). I wanted a Jarrett Allen esque progression with his body, and didn’t receive it.
Free throw shooting and the jumper were always wild cards but I wanted more from the above 2. Overall, don’t want the Nets to trade him
Expulsure
If we trade Claxton then we should 100% be trading Mikal to the Rockets too… I just dont get what the plan is
Padulsky21
It’s malpractice not to listen to everyone on the roster outside of a few untouchables so I hope they at least do their due diligence.
With that said, I’m not a fan of ignoring homegrown talent like they’ve been doing and I think Clax is worth to pay unless they get an absurd offer. I want to root for homegrown players
GuessTraining
This season i feel like Sharpe has closed the gap between him and Claxton. Probably next season Sharpe can be a starter for this team
birdeater0
pacers fan here. soon Lakers fans will say they’ll get him for a 2nd round pick lol
dawnofthedunk_
Yes let’s move the young players with untapped potential over the older, role players on the team that are carrying us to no man’s land.
Cool cool cool
EddyTreeNJ
I have a theory that the Nets have made a decision not to spend a lot on the Center position. I think that they might think the Center position is plug and play. That they would rather spend the money on the other four positions. I could be wrong.
just_so_irrelevant
i’d much rather resign him but if others teams are offering a very lucrative offer you have to consider it. would be management malpractice not to.
EddyTreeNJ
It seems to be the Nets are collecting data on various routes they could go. I wouldn’t be surprised if Marks put the different team makeups in front of Joe Tsai, and says, what do you want to do? We could add to what we got now or we could rebuild? I don’t even think it would be a very long rebuild if they make the right deals.
xjoke4
We’ve yet to see the best of Claxton, he needs a real point guard to get the most out of him. He was in the conversation for dpoy when he was still teaming with KD and Kyrie, and still has some upside to him at 24 years old. That’s why we need to trade for a Dejounte Murray or another star point guard to maximize his potential. Not to mention he’s one of the most versatile defenders and arguably the best center at playing switching defense. We can’t trade him when he’s one of the most integral pieces to this team
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Lmao it better be really fucking good
I’m not *dying* to move him, but it’d be irresponsible to not at least see what’s out there for him given the contract he has coming.
Won’t move Bridges but willing to move Claxton. At some point Tsai really needs to look at what Marks is doing.
I’m not ready to see this team without a big again. It was fucking frustrating last night when Clax wasn’t on the floor. Really where we lost the game
I’m not against it but would be lying if I said I wouldn’t bawl my eyes out
This is going to be interesting.
Nic’s offensive game is limited, but he’s got a lot of upside. Will he be worth what he’s demanding? No clue, but I’d be interested to see what the Nets could get in return if they’re serious. At this point though, who the hell plays center for this damn team?
Idk what’s going to happen but I think the nets are doing a good job of posturing to the media. First they put out that they’ll be buyers, then they said they’ll ship out royce and dfs for the right move, then they said that bridges is untouchable even for the houston picks, then they said that claxton wasnt being traded and now they’re saying it’s mixed signals. Definitely something brewing in the coming days.
I wanna re-sign clax he’s been super impressive basically since we went back to switching.
That being said if he’s only taking 20-25 mill or walking and teams are offering good value I don’t see why you turn it down. Clax is good but limited. He doesn’t provide serious size as a centre, is only really a defensive anchor in a switching scheme. But he’s Uber talented so who knows.
You gotta consider it for sure.
I like Clax, but he’s not an anchor defensively like we thought. He’s incredible at switching, but he’s essentially a 4 who can’t shoot with his frame. He just hinders lineup versatility so much. He’s the cherry on top piece to a contender, IMO. I don’t think he’s a fundamental building block though.
I’d be more comfortable with Dayron being a Looney type big on a team friendly deal, than Clax getting high end role player money.
We’re 11th in the East. You listen to offers for everyone apart from CT. You especially listen to offers for unrestricted free agents even if they’re your third best player. This news is only strange after the news that Mikal is untouchable. Strange.
Sean Marks really doesnt like to pay centers so why even draft them…lol
Whatever pay day clax is expecting if its more than $15-18 Million then they should defintley trade him.
I say it often, but I’ll say it again: anyone and everyone is available, in my mind, as long as there’s an offer that improves us. I like a lot of our guys, I want to see them develop, but Brook Lopez was the last guy I got upset about losing. It’s a business, I’m a team fan first, and while I’d love us to have Clax and Cam Thomas and Mikal and whoever for a while and succeed with them, if any offer comes in that improves the team and it’s success, I say take it. Plenty of our guys with potential will of course land on their feet wherever they end up.
Not saying I won’t be sad losing many of them. I will be. But I’ll get over it.
It will be upsetting to lose Clax, but Marks has done a pretty good job with the bigs pipeline. Lopez->Allen->Claxton. All good players. All homegrown. All fan favorites. I know Lopez wasn’t Marks, but he had a plan in place for after he was traded.
Anyone other than Mikal/Cam Thomas should be available if the plan is to retool.
I love Clax’s game dearly but if someone goes crazy with an offer, it’d be irresponsible not to listen
He’s a really really good player but there’s 2 deficiencies that I wanted more improvement on by now:
1. He’s not a good enough DHO hub. He misses/doesn’t attempt backdoor passes, which makes the offense even more predictable. I would have hoped this facet of his game improved by now.
2. His body. He gained weight 2 offseasons ago. Heading into last offseason, he said he wanted to work on his body even more. I was disappointed to see that he looked the same (it’s possible he gained weight but I don’t see it). I wanted a Jarrett Allen esque progression with his body, and didn’t receive it.
Free throw shooting and the jumper were always wild cards but I wanted more from the above 2. Overall, don’t want the Nets to trade him
If we trade Claxton then we should 100% be trading Mikal to the Rockets too… I just dont get what the plan is
It’s malpractice not to listen to everyone on the roster outside of a few untouchables so I hope they at least do their due diligence.
With that said, I’m not a fan of ignoring homegrown talent like they’ve been doing and I think Clax is worth to pay unless they get an absurd offer. I want to root for homegrown players
This season i feel like Sharpe has closed the gap between him and Claxton. Probably next season Sharpe can be a starter for this team
pacers fan here. soon Lakers fans will say they’ll get him for a 2nd round pick lol
Yes let’s move the young players with untapped potential over the older, role players on the team that are carrying us to no man’s land.
Cool cool cool
I have a theory that the Nets have made a decision not to spend a lot on the Center position. I think that they might think the Center position is plug and play. That they would rather spend the money on the other four positions. I could be wrong.
i’d much rather resign him but if others teams are offering a very lucrative offer you have to consider it. would be management malpractice not to.
It seems to be the Nets are collecting data on various routes they could go. I wouldn’t be surprised if Marks put the different team makeups in front of Joe Tsai, and says, what do you want to do? We could add to what we got now or we could rebuild? I don’t even think it would be a very long rebuild if they make the right deals.
We’ve yet to see the best of Claxton, he needs a real point guard to get the most out of him. He was in the conversation for dpoy when he was still teaming with KD and Kyrie, and still has some upside to him at 24 years old. That’s why we need to trade for a Dejounte Murray or another star point guard to maximize his potential. Not to mention he’s one of the most versatile defenders and arguably the best center at playing switching defense. We can’t trade him when he’s one of the most integral pieces to this team