The Nets should trade Mikal Bridges, but only to this one team
Coming up the Brooklyn Nets continue their way through a 500 level season with no Championship aspirations what is the one scenario where male Bridges could be on the Move Houston we have a trade you are locked on Nets your daily Brooklyn Nets podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every Day Rook yo ah yes my friends it is the lockon Nets podcast right here on the locked on podcast Network it’s your team the Brooklyn Nets every single day over there you’ll find Doug Nory I’m Adam marre we thank you for making us your first listen of the day we are 100% free
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$100 and Doug right after the organization decides to sit all of their starters although Mel Bridges played just to keep that streak alive it does bring up the question is there any scenario as the trade deadline approaches where we would say yes male Bridges you can pack your bags and
Prepare to play for another team yeah so we thought a lot about this and we were trying to think about like just sort of the path of the the Nets as an organization and sort of what the next few years maybe you know many years look
Like coming out of the big three era where they had to give up a lot to put that team together and got back a lot to break you know to sort of and in some cases to to sort of disassemble the team and sort of where they’re left now in
Terms of assets and picks and players and all this other stuff and like sort of what the future looks like and we’ve run through a lot of different scenarios with the Nets around like what should be done and what might you know be the comfortable way maybe low sealing
Comfortable way to go about this job for Shawn marks and Company and what might be the slightly uncomfortable but much higher upside and controllable version of this team going forward and really the only way to do the second one that the Nets have is to consider the idea of
At some point M maybe this year or maybe next year be more likely of trading male Bridges and that would be a very tough pill to swallow because of what Mel Bridges means both from like the piece that came in for Kevin Durant and how
Good he’s been and just sort of the face of the team and kind of the exact guy you want to be the face of your team like just a look allaround great guy and we’re here to tell you that there is one scenario where the net should very very
Strongly think about doing it if it was even available and I actually think that it is realistic based on where these teams are and that would be thinking about really pressing on the gas about trying to trade him to the rockets and we could talk about what that means but
This is the one scenario where I would very actually actively be proactive in trying to do it with male Bridges but no other scenario let’s kind of talk about what that means yeah of course the Houston Rockets who as we know the trade for James Harden is where they
Accumulated a lot of Brooklyn Nets draft capital and it’s why the Brooklyn Nets don’t control their own fate we said it can’t be a tanking team you don’t have your own picks so the primary reason why you would explore a trade like this before we even get into why it makes
Sense for Houston on a player level on a team level right now now because they have the 2024 first round pick from Brooklyn with no protections on it they also have the 2025 first- round pick via OKC or Brooklyn depending on the more favorable they also have the 2026 first
Round pick via Brooklyn with no protections on it as you go down the list and realize how much Houston controls the Net’s future in terms of draft Capital this is the one scenario we’d Say Bo male Bridges means a lot from a perception standpoint for this organization but if we could control
Contr our own destiny over the next few seasons even with everything we got from Phoenix and what we got from Dallas this is where if you’re the Shawn marks Joe sa the Nets organization you have to say we’d have to take a long hard look at this and there’s reasons why Houston
Would be maybe willing to engage in this kind of talk yeah so okay so let’s start off with a couple of the reasons why Houston would even s even think about entertaining a deal like this now I’ll say this I we put out a couple scenarios
To different people did pull uh you know some Houston Rockets insiders Jackson Gatlin over uh at lock out Rockets who’s a real level-headed thinker he’s been on the podcast before with some overlap stuff Flo this idea to him he was like on board right kind of from the outset
From this idea so there’s a couple factors that weigh into this why this why a Rockets a potential Rockets trade with Bridges make sense let’s start on a high level right now the way the picks are aligned is that there it’s like worst of Both Worlds for both themes
Right so the way and what I mean by this is the Nets is worse of both World worse of their world because they don’t have it right so they because they don’t have the well but this is important for the next part they don’t have it and so they
Don’t have their own picks so therefore their idea like what they need to be as a team is totally different which is they say they need to always keep trying and as long as they keep trying because they don’t have the picks Houston is unlikely to get full value off these
Picks because they’re just the Nets are going to try desperately to not be in the lottery because of how bad it would look to have to ship these picks to Houston like that’s a core part of their motivation for sure it’s why they wanted to make the playoffs last year right
It’s why they’re going to try to make the playoffs this year it’s why they’re gonna try to make the playoffs next year it’s why they could think about trading for another Superstar with these picks instead of just tanking because so as long as that as long as the Nets don’t
Have their own pick Houston’s version of the pick will never be the highest value so that’s just for starters why it is a meet in the-middle point here with both teams because they can’t hope except for just like totally getting lucky to ever have these be like really high lottery picks unless because
The Nets will just never actively tank well and that’s the one interesting thing about this at the time of the trade you know in terms of these picks values Houston probably looked at all these picks and said they’re never going to be that valuable because it was James
Harden going to Brooklyn to join Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant right so from that lens I just had this thought in real time by the way these these picks have gotten better for Houston in theory already right but they’re never going to sweeten to the level that you would want
Them to I’m sure even when they made that move the idea was we send him James Harden in the back of our minds we hope by the time we get out to 26 and 27 we’re talking about things didn’t work out they didn’t extend these players
They had their good run and we still have something that could be real high level valuable for us so there is a little bit of that involved here but the thing that’s changed for Houston since then is head coach players they’ve signed and what their aspirations are
Because at the time of the trade it was a bad team that wanted to get some draft Capital back and prepare for a rebuild all of a sudden they’ve pivoted kind of their energies as well and what they want to accomplish in the short term
Right all of a sudden and this is like this is so in the Net’s favor here is that Houston became kind of good yeah right like positive Point differential on the season as we’re recording this are 15 and 14 right like they signed veterans like Fred Van vet and uh
Dylan Brooks in the off season some of these draft picks are starting to hit so we’ll talk about this more in a second but the the way that Houston their trajectory has changed and the Nets absolutely have to take advantage of it we’ll talk about that here more in one
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The Brooklyn Nets could be or should be willing to do in moving male Bridges specifically only to the Houston Rockets only to get control of their own destiny now the one thing that I do want to note about this is and I think sometimes gets lost in it it’s the same thing about
Talking about the Phoenix picks for the Brooklyn Nets and what that could look like a few years from now and having high draft value remember like the NBA did change things a little bit you can be one of the top four worst teams in the lottery order and it’s 14% Lottery
Probability of getting the number one overall pick for the first three teams then it’s 12 and a half% 10 and a half% all the way down at the fifth spot at the sixth spot it’s 9% chance we’ve seen this play out in recent years where just because you have the quote Best
Percentage it’s no longer as heavily weighted where it’s a guarantee and this is one thing that I do wonder about when we talk about these picks in in this specific scenario and getting them back okay you get them back but even if we talk about in the short term well the
Brooklyn Nets already have 15 wins this year how hard would they have to Throttle Down to get themselves the best 14% chance to get that top draft pick potentially I I do just just wonder how much that factors into any decisions like this where yes it greatly improves
Your ability the number one thing being you control your own draft Capital but it’s not a guarantee you could still end up picking sixth or seventh in the draft while having one of the worst two records in the league okay right so that is true right like it doesn’t ever
Guarantee doesn’t guarantee you’re going to get a superstar just because you tank doesn’t mean you get wanyama right like you don’t get these guys every time but what we’ve seen time and time again in the NBA is that the more chances you have to get high pedigree guys the more
Chances you have to hit so yes it’s not always going to be Cooper flag in two years right it’s not always gonna be Boozer like it’s not gonna be one of these guys for sure but you for sure get more chances with more bites at the Apple among the guys that like consensus
Agree should go in the top 10 right yeah like we always will shift around what the post-draft like what it should have been once we start to see like scoot never goes three if they do redo the draft again okay we all agree with this
But the the point is you have to give yourself chances to get these guys where the Nets are in a terrible position now is that one they don’t have any bites at the Apple so it’s gonna be the only way they’re gonna have to do it the only way
They’re gonna be able to get better is to use the actual valuable things they have I.E the Suns picks to get better with some of these other guys that might come loose like Don the Mitchell who are never going to get you all the way to the promised land probably right and so
The Nets so the only way to really reset the deck is to think about getting these these the these picks back right like and that’s it it sucks because you don’t want to go through a tanking process I actually don’t think tanking processes don’t even need to be that long at this
Point though like we’ve seen it Houston was tanking they we’re talking about trading them male Bridges because they’re good now right right like these don’t have to be super extended super extended tanks yeah like you look at Detroit they stink and it’s hard to see the it’s hard to see the like the
Version of it where they get out but then you have like OKC OKC was bad for like one year right you can you can sort of like piece these things together especially if you’re bringing along a cam Thomas you’re bringing along some of these other young guys like you combine
That with having a chance to have Shawn marks who we talked about this last episode actually has a very good draft record he just doesn’t draft enough like he like he they they’ve actually done very very well overall relative to draft slot Through The Years through the Shawn
Marks ERA with their draft picks they just don’t he’s just been saddled with never having enough picks right 20s but always finding value in those spots as well right along the way for sure and that’s so the other thing then about this from a Net’s perspective is least
At a minimum by the way when you get back your own picks then you can make decisions that influence where the value of your picks lie right even if ends up being to trade them for something else they’re still yours and you see what your team is doing on the court and then
You know what it means you should do with them off of the Court specifically when we come to this trade the other kind of nice thing about this is it doesn’t take a lot in order to facilitate this just from like a number standpoint so when you go and you put
The 21.7 of male Bridges contract over onto Houston you only need to get back 21.4 and there’s a little bit of wiggle room inside of that what is it that you combination of like the picks and players because you would think that or do you think I should say that Houston
Is looking at it and going well we’ll give you back everything all all your picks that that you gave to us for James Harden they’re back in your lap or let’s talk about some of our Young Players let’s talk about the money matching here and if the Brooklyn Nets are more
Inclined to say yeah give me old veteran expiring contracts to get us there or is there a young guy that we would want to get back onto our roster whether it’s a Jaylen green whether it’s a Thompson like there are players on this roster that the Nets might covet here and I
Wonder if they’d be willing to sacrifice one of the further down the road first round picks of their own in order to maybe get back a player that they believe can be a core member that can be a top 25 kind of guy okay so this is the
Other thing that where this lines up like almost too perfectly right is that Houston has a lot of young Talent on the team with actually to some degree like where the Nets are like not enough minutes to play them right right they because they’re gonna they’ve been play
E clearly wants to win the the organization clearly wants to win van vet is already playing like 40 plus minutes a game like an insane amount uh shenon is playing a ton right Jabar he got hurt um while we were recording this so I’ll have to check in
On his status either way he’s start he’s playing a ton right like so they have these young guys that are already sort of monopolizing a ton of menes Dylan Brooks did just recently get hurt um but they they have guys like that they already kind of want to play a t so then
They’re left with and they’re starting Jaylen green but like let’s see what happens with that right he hasn’t been as good but then they have tar e they have aan Thompson they have um well I mentioned Jaylen green because it’s like unclear if he’s part of like the vision
Of what they want to do going forward they have Cam Whitmore right they have guys that they just Jan T they just have dudes that they just can’t actually play all the minutes because their motivations there are sort of screwed up a little bit too now they might be able
To have it have their cake and eat it too like be a decent team and develop young talent and they might just be like hey we’re good we don’t need to give the picks up like we we got a we got a bunch of young guys here like and we’re we’re
Pretty good but the fact that they might be able to consolidate Talent around the good core still keep some young Talent like shingun and Jabari and like keep those core pieces that they don’t want to move on from and just like upgrade sort of in a spot they need to upgrade
At the three like it does make so much sense so I really think you can mix and match this any different way I the way I originally put it out it was like Jaylen green and Jeff Green and and like basically all the picks back right like
That was when that and I was like okay Jaylen green whatever it’s probably not going to get all the way there for him Jeff Green just help help to kind of fill in the salary I’m actually not sold in any one package which is but it’s just to say
There’s lots of options here and it’s crazy that they’re like all of a sudden you can mix a matches kind of like to your hearts the light and find probably a good M middle ground because all the money works too yeah well you know it’s funny too because in that vein and I
Think I for the most part I I’m on the same page with you any way you want to slice it you make the money work you get Mel Bridges over to there and away they go the one thing that I would say though as kind of a footnote to this would be
Guys like Royce O’Neal or guys like Dorian finny Smith that we talk about and where’s their value and getting picks back for them in any trade let alone inside of say something like this if it increases the ability for the Nets to get a better of the younger players
Right a more desired player that they think could fill out long term or that increases from saying we’ll give you back two of your own first round picks well we want the third one I’m also willing to sacrifice in that vein too and say well Dorian Smith may be worth
Two first rounders in some world to some Championship level team but that’s not as valuable as and I’m saying and that’s I’m saying that somewhat understanding that’s not really probably where the level is but let’s say that that was Championship caliber team X wants to give you two first round picks that are
Going to be backend first round picks for Dorian finny Smith that’s not as valuable as getting back one of your own first round picks that you know or in theory believe could be as valuable as a lottery pick could be a top 10 pick right so I think there’s areas in that
Vein that Nets would be able to play inside of a trade like this as well and I bring it up to say if you’re Houston that’s a really good like having Dorian finy Smith for a win now team is really good that’s the whole reason why we talk
About his value around the league right now and based on his contract and male’s contract and Fred Van fleet’s contract and Dylan Brooks it fits their timeline too you can have this kind of Veteran heavy team for a couple of years and then to your point still maintain that
Flexibility with some of these younger guys in a second let’s talk about the other side of this because we ultimately may think that the Nets have a path going forward that will please no one but it should either be all in with Houston are going violently the other direction and pursuing some high-end
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Picking up a young Talent along the way as well now before we talk about what we think ultimately Nets will do which is probably going to be to the ey of all fans um across the world the other thing about this to me is and is yes Houston control your own picks
Fantastic and if not then spend some of these picks that you have now for not dissimilar reasons like the Phoenix picks on going and acquiring more talent to put around male Bridges and Cameron Johnson and Nicholas claxon and Dorian F Smith and these veterans because even as we said about getting
Back control of your own picks yes the Phoenix pi seem sexy and they seem like high value right now we don’t know what happens in another year we don’t know what this insane owner who’s willing to spend goes and does we’ve talked about before how Joe Sai doesn’t want to live
In the luxury tax threshold and doesn’t want to have to pay the repeater tax doesn’t mean Phoenix doesn’t want to and when you’re willing to overspend suddenly not having draft picks and not being able to control your own fate doesn’t matter I’ll just throw money at
The problem until I solve it by being a deep playoff team and if that timeline extends even by a year and even by two years for their window of win then it looks a lot different about how valuable those picks are I would pivot quickly and say okay Donovan Mitchell we
Said we don’t think he’s exactly the right guy but I would take a look at him and I would take a look at another good player and I would bring in multiple pieces to make this a win nowish kind of team yeah and this is this is always the
Hardest part right because like what should your organizational philosophy be right like in the best version of it is you know exactly what it is it’s like you’re OKC and you’re like okay we’re just going to keep you know accumulating Superstars and we’re going to eventually
Make them move right or we already have a superstar like a Giannis or an embiid or yic and we kind of already know we’re building around that guy and that’s just what we’re going to do yeah right the Nets don’t aren’t in either of those situations so it’s really tough I I am
With you I I I was on the side of like hold on to these Suns picks for dear life because you just never know how bad it could be I think I’m like mostly still there but for the first time like what you said I’m beginning to entertain
The possibility that maybe being a little better in the short term because it’s just more fun to watch a basketball team that’s good right especially when there’s no incentive to be bad like you can’t you can’t even look at like if you’re the Piston the Pistons are a bad example but because
They’re so bad but these other teams like Orland sorry Charlotte um you know Spurs like you’re looking at them and they’re like H you know we’ll still maybe get a high draft pick and the losing is it still sucks but whatever like the Nets don’t even have that and I
Do Wonder at some point like give this a year or two years and the Nets like haven’t really marginally improved it’s going to be pretty brutal to have watched the team be you know four games below 500 five games below 500 with like not super clear understanding of like
Where the future is going to go except for hoping the Suns stink like that’s just like not a great place to be in as a fan I don’t think and I think the organization probably has to know that on some level it’s like yes it makes sense Guard the guard the Suns picks
With everything but we also have to sell tickets we might just get lose fans that never come back right because if the team’s just super boring and that right so there’s other problems to kind of worry about here more than just asset retention and I’m usually on the full
Side of asset retention because I think that’s really the only way to really build but these i i in talking about the team every day and we come here and we talk about the team every day and everyone out there is watching the team every day and and and that’s how it
Is I don’t we haven’t really gone through a long version like that where it’s like very little to hold on to and the Nets are dangerously close to being that version where there’s just very little to get excited about and that’s a problem and it’s you know when when you
Talk about these like some of those teams that you listed there it’s one thing to be you know every year we’re 45 to 48 win kind of team right and we’re in the playoffs and some years we win that first round and get bounced out in
The second some years we take him to a seven game series right that type of team I I can be excited about year over-year right I can come back to the well and say well maybe we go on a little bit of a run here and you’re
Waiting to add that little piece and when does not even Superstars but just what’s that guy in free agency for one year that you go grab or at the trade deadline whereas where the Nets are right now at least in theory is to your point of yeah 500ish maybe a little bit
Over very very limited chance to beat a team in a seven game series in the first round of the playoffs you know microscopic probably and that’s the part you don’t want to live in and even with these playin games now and the playing you know seven to 10 seed even that
There’s actually something probably a connation that gets attached when you are the ninth seed and lose the one game and get bounced that probably is worse than not making it into that into the play in tournament kind of scenario for for the playoffs as well so good call
Yeah yeah you do yeah exactly you’re kind of in that weird murky Waters in that regard so that is why I say before I think we cap off with just what I think the Nets are going to do and that is I said Donovan Mitchell me is not the
Perfect player and I just did this really quick on the fly as the example if I you know ogan noi gets talked about all the time now and it’s two or three it’s three first round picks they’re looking for from Toronto okay maybe maybe that’s what it is I don’t know
What Donovan Mitchell would cost maybe they’re just going to stay competitive they’re winning basketball games right now this is just the what if you can go get Donovan Mitchell and ogan noi and throw away a whole bunch of picks to both of these teams send Spencer dwy out
To the Raptors send Dorian finy Smith and Royce O’Neal out to Cleveland done the money adds up and all of a sudden you have not only a player like Donovan Mitchell who is very talented but may not be a 27 28 years old you also get a
Young core guy that this team in Toronto is willing to part ways with would it deplete all of your draft capital or close to it probably but it also would set this new timeline that three four years from now five years from now you’d say and now we’re in control of our own
Stuff we make our own decisions but for this three four year window we were highle competitive we were a second round playoff team taking some of these guys really to the brink I don’t know if that’s the perfect combination of dudes but the point is you can make that money
Lineup pretty easily on some players that are being talked about in trade circles yeah and I and and I think that like the Nets are I mean we could talk about what’s gonna happen here but that is the more likely scenario of what the Nets are considering here I think that
Like I think they’re they’re not going to want to part with you know as much as we talked about I think like logically it makes a lot of sense I was actually shocked at the number of people we threw this out to to um you know whether it’s
Like Nets Insider people um just like you know hardcore fans like we threw this out to a lot of people to discuss and and the and and just to have people out there the the the actual like lack of push back that came on the trading I
Was shocked by it actually which made me realiz like man maybe this does have real legs like maybe you could even survive the fan base doing this something like this right like in this one because they’re seeing the sample in front of them this year right so now
You’ve given them the 500ish kind of team or get control your picks back right exactly but in the in the end I mean like what’s the reality of the situation I think the reality lives and I think I’m my guess as you agree with this too is that it lives much closer to
The use some Assets Now to be a little better right and and because that’s a little easier to sell and maybe it’s a not a onea superstar but it’s like a 1B onec kind of guy and Mitchell’s the guy that gets talked about I all these guys
If if it’s not him it doesn’t take long for someone else to shake loose right it’s just that this is this is how the NBA works I mean like people people were joking this weekend about trading back for Kevin Durant because that’s going south I mean like I don’t think they’re
They’re not clearly not gonna do that but I do love the idea though but I do love the idea that’s going and buying back Kevin Durant being like we’ll give you Pennies on the dollar form I it just it just doesn’t take much it just doesn’t take much like it just doesn’t
Take much for these teams only one team can win and everyone else is disappointed and it ju some one of these guys will come loose here it’s just like unclear who but I think that like more the most likely scenarios the Nets are going to go that route spend a little
Bit of this you know seemingly Treasure Trove they have from Phoenix knowing they knowing sort of like how Houston knows that they’ll never fully control it so it will just never be worth the most and take some W’s in the short term I don’t know if I don’t think it’s right
But I think that’s probably the most likely scenario and that’s why I think over the com and I agree with you I agree with you on that and that’s why I think in the coming weeks we’ll start to talk about who are these players that could shake free what is the price point
That it’s worth it to sacrifice some of those future draft picks to improve this team and make them closer to a 45 win team this year closer to a team that can maybe win a playoff series and and change the narrative around a team that is going to struggle to make the
Playoffs to a team that’s entrenched in over the next two or three seasons all right we’re gonna get out of here much appreciate everyone that continues to listen to the uh podcast or either over on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcast they know Spotify iTunes
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Going forward, it should be all about focusing on team chemistry and continuity. Turning the roster over every season is no solution if we seek cohesion.
I think alot of nets fans need to change their perspective in terms of team building. Fans on youtube, reddit, and twitter seem to only be looking at the immediate future of this team rather than whats down the road. Most championship teams in nba history are built thru teams that draft their own superstars. It's not a coincidence that the nets who have a history of renting guys thru free agency and the draft always come up disappointed at the end of the next star era. Maybe for once we can rebuild the right way with an army of picks and the ability to develop and build our own home grown elite talent which usually lies at the top of the draft. This is a trade Im doing 10/10 and idc if we have to overpay a little to get it done. Mikal bridges is a nice guy but the potential we can get from drafting our own home grown star is just too good of an opportunity to pass up
Dont trade bridges we need to bring in a superstar to pair with bridges
I actually think sean marks would be onboard with this. Remember last yr in the summer he was targeting guys like anthony edwards and scottie barnes to replace kd in a trade. He understands the type of talent that's needed to win an nba championship down the line and I get that he loves mikal bridges but he shipped out fan favorite brook lopez when he first got here for deangelo russel. I actually think the biggest deterrent would be ownership who's probably worried about the dip ticket sales would have over the next 2 yrs or so. But I think we could get a trade around this frame that houston agrees on just need ownership to sign off
Yeah, I’d rather go Nuggets route. Keep collecting talent nobody wants and hope someone you drafted turns into something really good.
Mikal Bridges in Miami would be nice
Let me just say I like Bridges a lot. He is not an elite star but would be a fantastic high level number two or three player on any team. I love his attitude etc but my main issue is he is not 23 years old he is 27 that is huge when you are thinking about where this team is timeline wise. He and Cam Johnson are good dudes but they are not elite stars and most importantly too old to really be considered building blocks UNLESS marks has intel that Luka or some big star is coming next season which is unlikely.
That being said if I was the GM I’d be trying to not only flip Bridges but Cam Johnson, Royce, and DFS. These four players would attain major value for the nets for their long term future. Houston would not be the only team I’d look at. The Pistons with a coach who loves Bridges and Cam Johnson. Would they give us Cade Cunningham? I’d like to see. Charlotte could would put a package that gets us LeMelo Ball?
Adam and Doug…a very interesting and thought provoking discussion. I agree with the…only trade Mikal if it’s to the Rockets for the reasons you cited. I also agree that it’s more likely that the Nets will try to find a more immediate upgrade using their draft capital and some of the more veteran players. The current team obviously has limited upside potential.
Teams leading recently have cores that have played together years not months … how can our players reach the chemistry and potential here if they're constantly getting jerked around. I say let em jel let em get in a groove, just find better 5 man combos from within. Also, for this new nets team we need to not get hung up on starter vs other units… we have lots of potential and a great bench so we should just embrace various 5 man groups that suit the dynamics of situations as they happen. It may be unusual but that's the way to both develop AND win games at the same time. We've got some promising guys just need to understand the best 5 PER CIRCUMSTANCE. Forget the title 'starter'…
Mikal Bridges' value is primarily derived from the excellent value of his contract and the years left on it. The longer we delay, the more his value diminishes due to age and impending free agency.
Its his first full year, doing too much. Chill out and we see after this year. The only thing i say is bridges can be cam thomas robin build it like that .. cam, bridges and clax.
I am not high on your Phoenix take! It don’t care if Ishbia is as rich as Elon Musk. He can’t spend his way out of this. Keep the picks! Go free agent shopping next year… I am all in on Brandon Ingram
I think OKC could be an interesting trade. They have all the picks in the world and with how well they've done so far this season, they could take a chance on Bridges to make a run at it. They'll definitely have to include Lu Dort, maybe Isaiah Joe or Cason Wallace, as well as a few picks to get it done. Maybe throw in Watford as well?
This is pure madness! I didn’t realize they have all 3 of our first rd picks that’s awful
Doug norre is just on another level ! I’m glad I finally understand what picks we have ann what we don’t !!
Just please don’t give us Dillon brooks !!
Sengun
Bridges is the best bang for buck in the league wtf
Buying back Durant ! lol 😂 I pissed at him but i would be down that’s how sick i am
If Houston is the trade this is the large trade I’d want to do. Cam Johnson would be involved because moving Cam with Bridges just makes sense if you are rebuilding and for getting out of the new contract. Cam Johnson can be traded as of Jan 15th.
Cam Johnson and Bridges go to Houston for 5 players plus the nets get back all their own picks. Players would be:
Jeff Green expiring
Jalen Green
Jae’sean Tate
Cam Whitemore
Victor Olidpo expiring
Great episode guys – let's keep chatting trades
Ultimate Three way Rebuild button trade after Jan 15th:
Lakers: get DFS and Royce O’Neal to bolster Bench for a run. They send out Jalen Hood-Schafino, DLo, and a 2029 first round pick.
Houston: gets Cam Johnson and Mikel Bridges.
Nets: get all of the picks they have to Houston plus lakers 2029 first round pick. They get Jalen Hood, DLo, Cam Whitmore, Jae’Sean Tate, and Jalen Green.
They also get for salary matching Jeff Green and Victor Olidipo who they waive on expiring contracts.
Nets now have all their pick plus a valuable Lakers pick as well as the Suns picks. They now have a young developing roster in Claxton, Thomas, Cam Whitemore, Jalen Green, Sharpe, and Jalen Hood, Dariq, Noah, and Jalen Wilson BUT you still have vets to mentor in Dinwiddie, Dlo, Watford, DSJ, and Walker.
You really should start your leading scorer.
That really is rotten to make your leading scorer come off the bench, his points per game keeps diminishing because of the way they use him.
This team is so embarrassing
Going nowhere
It’s a 10 year rebuild
Oh man, it’s falling apart in a hurry. When you get an opportunity to sign superstar you hold on to them at any cost. Wow, what a downward spiral with hardly any Nets owned first round picks.
The rockets don’t want Bridges bro. The nets should have traded him during the summer but nets fans and the front office overhyped him 😂. Now you want the rockets to overpay for a role player who the Nets know they can’t build around? Yeah Ight 😂
The nets just made a terrible mistake and benched the wrong guy.
you gave me a hard time pre season when i said ben simmons would not do anything but give houston a good pick. and…. you guys laughed at me. I guess here we are though.
Joe tsai and Sean Marks need to grow up and call the boys down the block. They need a Mikal, they have the assets.
Pacers would love him. Mikal and Hali would be awesome!