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Nets Stay Competitive With Core, Wizards Start From Square 1

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Nets

Nets

+1 player ($46.7m),
Cap Impact + $6.6M
  • Bradley Beal
    Bradley Beal
    SG, 6' 4", 1.46 LEBRON
    Slasher

    $46.7M

    4yrs

    30

+ 0  Wins

-9.01  MPG

+3.45  Off.

-1.34  Def.

Wizards

Wizards

+3 players ($35.9m) +6 picks,
Cap Impact - $11.6M
  • Ben Simmons
    Ben Simmons
    PG, 6' 10", 0.64 LEBRON
    Shot Creator

    $37.8M

    2yrs

    3
  • R.J. Hampton
    R.J. Hampton
    SG, 6' 4", -1.54 LEBRON
    Secondary Ball Handler

    $1.9M

    1yr

    9
  • Cam Thomas

    TO

    Cam Thomas
    SG, 6' 4", -1.3 LEBRON
    Team Option | Shot Creator

    $2.2M

    2yrs

    3
  • draft-pick-player

    2023 - Round 1

    via PHX
    3
  • draft-pick-player

    2025 - Round 1

    via PHX
    3
  • draft-pick-player

    2028 - Round 1

    3
  • draft-pick-player

    2027 - Round 1

    via PHI
    3
  • draft-pick-player

    2023 - Round 2

    9
  • draft-pick-player

    2024 - Round 2

    via MEM or WAS
    9

+ 0  Wins

+17.89  MPG

-3.31  Off.

+0.61  Def.

Pistons

Pistons

+1 player ($5.1m),
Cap Impact + $3.0M
  • Johnny Davis
    Johnny Davis
    SG, 6' 5", -0.94 LEBRON
    Low Minute

    $5.0M

    3yrs

    30

+ 0  Wins

-8.88  MPG

-0.14  Off.

+0.73  Def.

Nets Land Bradley Beal
Nets Receive:

  • Bradley Beal

The Nets have already sunk a lot of draft capital into a player who won’t carry their franchise. The Nets sent the Houston Rockets three first-round picks and four pick swaps in exchange for James Harden, and he’s a Philadelphia 76er. With that in mind, the Nets won’t benefit from tanking unless they make a trade with the Rockets. If they insist on staying competitive, this is a good deal. It has them landing their best offensive player and getting off of Simmons’ contract in the same move.

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Nets Offseason Moves

  • Draft Dereck Lively II (23rd)

  • Draft Amari Bailey (53rd)

  • Pick Up Day'Ron Sharpe's Team Option

  • Re-sign Cameron Johnson for 3 years / $42,000,000

  • Re-sign Seth Curry for 2 years / $17,000,000

Brooklyn Nets Potential Rotation

PG Spencer Dinwiddie

SG Bradley Beal

SF Mikal Bridges

PF Cameron Johnson

C Nic Claxton

-

PG Seth Curry

SG Joe Harris

SF Royce O'Neale

PF Dorian Finney-Smith

C Dereck Lively II

Wizards Receive:

  • Ben Simmons

  • Cam Thomas

  • Pick No. 21

  • Three First-Round Picks

For starters, the Wizards probably won’t retain Porzingis if they’re doing this deal. They’ll be rebuilding. More broadly, nobody should be assuming that Simmons will look like an NBA starter again in his career. That’s not the point here. The Wizards do this deal to land four first-round picks for Beal. They won’t find that opportunity unless they’re absorbing a contract like Simmons’.

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Wizards Offseason Moves

  • Trade Johnny Davis for RJ Hampton and 2 SRPs

  • Draft Nick Smith Jr. (6th)

  • Draft GG Jackson (21st)

  • Draft Dillon Mitchell (31st)

  • Draft Julian Phillips (38th)

  • Draft Brandin Podziemski (59th)

  • Pick Up Deni Avdija's Team Option

  • Pick Up Corey Kispert's Team Option

  • Re-sign Kendrick Nunn for 1 year / Minimum

Washington Wizards Potential Rotation

PG Monte Morris

SG Cam Thomas

SF Corey Kispert

PF Deni Avdija

C Daniel Gafford

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PG Delon Wright

SG Nick Smith Jr.

SF Anthony Gill

PF GG Jackson

C Ben Simmons

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