Brooklyn Nets Get Kevin Durant More Help
Utah Jazz Receive: G/F Joe Harris, 2027 First-Round Pick (PHI via BKN)
Brooklyn Nets Receive: G/F Malik Beasley, F/C Jarred Vanderbilt
We didn’t promise to order these trades by boldness. This would be the least significant deal in the article.
Just don’t downplay its significance. The Brooklyn Nets already look to be approaching serious title contention. This deal might just put them over the edge.
After all, it’s got them landing an elite defensive combo big in Vanderbilt. It also has them acquiring a great movement shooter in Malik Beasley.
All told, this move is about bolstering depth for the Nets.
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For the Jazz, it’s about landing a first-round pick. This middling team ought to be sellers at this year’s deadline: Everybody knows it.