Why The Brooklyn Nets Do The Deal 

The Nets are no strangers to deals involving a mass of draft capital. The Houston Rockets own the bulk of their daft capital until 2027 as a result of the James Haden trade. 

Some will argue that as a result, the Nets can’t afford to bottom out. They don’t own their own picks, so they can’t capitalize on the lottery. Fair. This deal feels like an exception to that rule. 

Plus, it doesn’t necessitate that they bottom out entirely. Giddey is already a productive NBA player, and so is Dort. Still, the main draw of this deal for the Nets is clearly the five unprotected first-round picks. 

Best of all, most of those picks come from teams that aren’t the teams they’re dealing with.

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Often, that’s a dilemma in these circumstances – teams don’t want daft capital from a team they’re sending a star to. The Nets avoid that issue here. 

They just happen to help Durant get back together with the Thunder in the process.