THE Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets began their rebuilding process during the 2022-23 season by trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks. While Brooklyn ultimately only traded Irving because the two sides failed to agree on a contract extension, it appears that the trade isn’t as promising more than a year later.
In a recent article According to Bleacher Report’s NBA team, which reevaluated some of the league’s biggest trades over the past five years, the Nets haven’t been all that good for Irving. In fact, compared to the grade they received when they traded Irving, it appears Brooklyn received a significant drop in this deal.
When B/R first opined on the Irving trade, the Nets received an A+ due to the return of point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, forward Dorian Finney-Smith, a 2029 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029 in exchange for Irving and forward Markieff Morris. However, with the reclassification, the Nets now only get a B for this deal.
This makes sense given that most NBA insiders were on board with the idea of the Nets trading Irving given that he was largely unavailable for Brooklyn due to injuries and extracurricular activities that occurred during his tenure.
Where that score ultimately changes for both sides is that Irving ended up re-signing with the Mavericks after the 2022-23 season and played a huge role in Dallas reaching the NBA Finals for the 2023-24 season before losing to the Boston Celtics in five games.
With Dinwiddie no longer with the Nets and Finney-Smith likely playing for another team at some point this upcoming season, there’s still time for the grade to improve based on the return. So far, Brooklyn was able to use Dinwiddie to acquire Dennis Schroder from the Toronto Raptors last season and could use Finney-Smith to get a first-round pick and possibly a young player as well.
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