The Brooklyn Nets made another free agent move on Sunday, this time signing Lonnie Walker to a one-year deal. He is coming off a solid season with the Los Angeles Lakers and should provide more back court depth for this team.
The Locked on Nets guys break down the signing and what to expect from Lonnie Walker on this team. What does this mean for Cam Thomas’s playing going forward and does this signing mean that the Nets might be moving off any deal for Damian Lillard or Tyler Herro?
Plus they discuss how the early moves from the Nets have made the team much younger in the short term.
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Good evening everyone. The Lonnie Walker signing was definitely a surprise more so for the fact it's for the vets minimum at a bargain price. Walker is far from a complete product but he has the athletic ability, natural scoring skills and can hold his own on defense. More importantly his three point scoring has gotten much better and Brooklyn needed a versatile player like Walker for their bench….
The same goes for Dennis Smith who isn't the best scorer but is a very solid defender. Brooklyn signed two energy bench players with athletic upside who can develop more in Brooklyn and that's good for our new core….
However Brooklyn still needs to address the backup center position.
Mason plumlee and Robin Lopez both signed with different clubs today and the two remaining centers are Mo Bamba and Christian Wood. Bamba looks more likely to resign with the Lakers whereas Wood has been on Brooklyn radar for a while…
Looking away from the character component Wood is a unique big who can score in different ways and has a three point shot to his game.
Brooklyn could sign him to the minimum and let him rebuild his value as a backup center. Given Claxton provides the defense for the starting unit Wood could provide an efficient offensive spark off the bench and help balance out the rotations….
Now we can talk about the Damian Lillard blockbuster trade. Shams pointed out today that Damian Lillard is set on going to Miami and the Heats package isn't good enough picks wise and most likely a third team will be needed. He mentioned that three to possibly four team trade scenarios have been discussed….
Brooklyn is at the center of this trade happening due to the fact they have legitimate interest in acquiring Tyler Herro. However Brooklyn also wants to acquire extra compensation on top of that as well….
Not sure when a deal will happen but there is definitely a alot of active negotiating happening at the moment….
As far as Cam Thomas with the additions of Dennis Smith Jr and Lonnie Walker Thomas has fallen on the depth chart more and doesn't have a specific role. Brooklyn could use him as part of the three team trade or flip him for a first round draft pick. Edmond Sumner option is coming up Wednesday and Brooklyn probably won't pick it up and decide to open another roster space….