Source: https://www.si.com/nba/nets/news/brooklyn-nets-unlikely-to-land-free-agent-isaac-okoro
After rumors linking restricted free agent Isaac Okoro to the Brooklyn Nets began to swirl, the expectation was that the franchise would have to part ways with either Cameron Johnson or Dorian Finney-Smith to land the 23-year-old.
The deal is extremely unlikely to take place due to two glaring reasons. First, Okoro has backed himself into somewhat of a proverbial corner. At this stage in the offseason, the majority of teams do not have the financial flexibility to hand the 2020 fifth-overall pick the contract he desires. Second, Johnson and Finney-Smith have likely been taken off of the trade block for now to be dealt at the 2025 trade deadline.
This isn't the first time Brooklyn has been linked to a former first-round pick through a trade that never came to fruition. While the Okoro talks were likely more legitimate, it echoes the rumored interest in Anfernee Simons. The Nets simply do not have enough cap space to be targeting high-upside pieces this late in the summer.
The Okoro signing saga continues. Will he simply accept the QO and bet on himself for 2025's free agency class where more teams are poised to have cap space?
by CazOnReddit
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$11.8m qualifying offer. That’s not bad at all as a “bet on yourself” contract.
Okoro for dfs is a lateral move at best and worse for the long term anyways
This guy was 5th pick lol damn
Feels like Okoro’s stuck in NBA purgatory. Betting on himself might be his only move unless he wants to be part of another ‘what if’ story.
Cavs fans… is he not a player worth keeping long term?
He’s on his way to McCollums house as we speak
He should take the QO
They can keep okoro and trade for DFS.
He’ll be a sixer
He provides 0 spacing in the playoffs, and for the Cavs, 3 non shooters in the starting lineup is detrimental.
The grammar used by most sports journalism these days is a proverbial train wreck
I’m a believer. He’s underrated at least. His defense is too good to keep on the bench. He looked more at home offensively in that mid season stretch when the team played 1-3-1 and spaced the floor really well, and he’s always been great in transition and is a great finisher as well.
I love Okoro but idk if it can work. He has the defence the cavs need being able to switch on 1-3 so Donny and DG aren’t as exposed, but can’t space the floor consistently.
Like all cavs, he shows flashes here and there, but not enough.
Always betting on himself tends into Dennis Schroder route, When there is a Malik Monk route.
Sign for the minimum with the Nuggets, get those sweet assists from Jokic, increase his stats, and bet on himself. He could totally be the starting SG for the Nuggets. Go the KCP and Bruce Brown route, and get his bags later.
Edit: just found out he’s a RFA, never mind. Cavs are totally going to match anything under the QO