Brooklyn Nets Receive: F Obi Toppin
New York Knicks Receive: G Seth Curry, 2025 Second-Round Pick (MIA via NYK), 2026 Second-Round Pick (NYK)
Meanwhile, we shouldn’t give up on lottery picks too early.
For example, look at Julius Randle. An injury cut his rookie season short. Upon returning, he didn’t look likely to make good on his lottery promise. Somewhere along the line, something changed.
In 2020-21, it changed in a big way. Randle won the league’s Most Improved Player award and was named to the All-NBA Third Team. He had arrived. Randle was officially playing like a lottery pick.
In 2022-23, he still is. Randle’s career arc shows us that some players simply take more time to develop than others.
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If a player is disappointing as a rookie, sophomore, or even third-year player, they still have time to turn it around.
Could Toppin turn his career around on the Nets?