Ben is an expiring $40m this upcoming Offseason and the Nets have a bunch of 1st’s they can add if any “Star” demands a Trade. Either straight up or via a 3 Team Deal.
Brooklyn is also in position to potentially have a bunch of Cap Space in the 2025 Offseason before Bridges cheap contract expires.
The whole reason the Celtics got Brown/Tatum was because Sean Marks at the time saw those 1st’s as a “Sunk Cost” and went through with a rebuild instead of doubling down on Brook Lopez, Thad Young, and Bojan Bogdanovic to which would have kept them around an 8 seed with the Cap Spike.
That isn’t the case here because the Nets still had a bunch of talent after Trading away Kyrie West and Durant.
Idk how you have long term faith in the Suns.
Durant is already 35yrs old, Beal is an old 30, and Booker is already injury prone while in his physical prime.
Suns also Traded away every Swap and 1st they have until 2030 and need to wait for every Offseason just for a new 1st or Swap to come available to potentially Trade away.
Also KD locked in his Extension 2yrs ago so he couldn’t have “walked” on the Nets.
He was smart unlike Harden who passed on a 3y/$161m Extension (on top of his 2yrs of Player Options) then gave up a guaranteed 5y/$270m Contract in Brooklyn for a 2y/$68m deal in Philly only to then cried about it afterwards.
Same w/ Kyrie who had to settle for the 3y/$126m Mav’s offer after refusing the sign a 4y/$187m Extension w/ Brooklyn (which was pulled after Kyrie West went Anti-Vax) and demanding a Trade if they didn’t give him a 4-5yr $200-250m “Fully Guaranteed Contract” with “No Strings Attached”.
Ben is an expiring $40m this upcoming Offseason and the Nets have a bunch of 1st’s they can add if any “Star” demands a Trade. Either straight up or via a 3 Team Deal.
Brooklyn is also in position to potentially have a bunch of Cap Space in the 2025 Offseason before Bridges cheap contract expires.
The whole reason the Celtics got Brown/Tatum was because Sean Marks at the time saw those 1st’s as a “Sunk Cost” and went through with a rebuild instead of doubling down on Brook Lopez, Thad Young, and Bojan Bogdanovic to which would have kept them around an 8 seed with the Cap Spike.
That isn’t the case here because the Nets still had a bunch of talent after Trading away Kyrie West and Durant.
Idk how you have long term faith in the Suns.
Durant is already 35yrs old, Beal is an old 30, and Booker is already injury prone while in his physical prime.
Suns also Traded away every Swap and 1st they have until 2030 and need to wait for every Offseason just for a new 1st or Swap to come available to potentially Trade away.
Also KD locked in his Extension 2yrs ago so he couldn’t have “walked” on the Nets.
He was smart unlike Harden who passed on a 3y/$161m Extension (on top of his 2yrs of Player Options) then gave up a guaranteed 5y/$270m Contract in Brooklyn for a 2y/$68m deal in Philly only to then cried about it afterwards.
Same w/ Kyrie who had to settle for the 3y/$126m Mav’s offer after refusing the sign a 4y/$187m Extension w/ Brooklyn (which was pulled after Kyrie West went Anti-Vax) and demanding a Trade if they didn’t give him a 4-5yr $200-250m “Fully Guaranteed Contract” with “No Strings Attached”.