The Brooklyn Nets have a bright future but a bleak present after trading Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks.
Thunder Wire reporter Clemente Almanza announced his rankings and placed the Nets at number 28 on his list.
“After hovering around mediocrity, the Nets have embarked on a rebuild. They sent Mikal Bridges to the Knicks to have control of their draft capital for the next two years. Brooklyn has also named Jordi Fernandez as its next head coach. They are now in the early stages of a rebuild and will have to trade several other veterans from the roster to hit rock bottom for next season,” Almanza writes.
Only the Portland Trail Blazers and the Detroit Pistons ranked lower than the Nets on the list.
While there probably aren’t many, if any, players on the current roster who will be in Brooklyn when the Nets are contenders again, there is young talent worth developing and a coach who can lead those guys to success. For all the reasons to dislike the Nets early in the season, there are just as many reasons to also like what the team and organization are doing.
In some ways, the Nets now have more room to maneuver and less pressure than before, which should make the team’s overall prospects much better than before.
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