THE Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are just weeks away from the start of their 2024-25 season, as they enter the first year of their current rebuild with hopes of landing their next superstar. As most rebuilding teams tend to operate, player development and asset accumulation are paramount, but it’s possible Brooklyn will be able to acquire some players along the way.
Earlier this summer there was reports that the Portland The pioneers I would try to see what they could get in exchange. Jerami Grant and budding star guard Anfernee Simons. While Grant is someone who would only be interested in joining title-contending teams, Simons has more latitude as to where he goes given that he is still 25 years.
How the Trail Blazers situation relates to the Nets is simple in the sense that both teams could benefit from a trade in which Portland could get rid of Simons, freeing up their backcourt to be Scoot Henderson And Shaedon Sharpewhile Brooklyn could get another senior point guard to partner the super-scorer Cam Thomas. However, finding common ground between the two teams is not so simple given that both are rebuilding and the Nets are trying to maximize their salary space for the 2025 offseason.
Simons enters the third year of the four-year, $100 million contract he signed with the Trail Blazers ahead of the 2022-23 season and is set to earn $25.8 million during the 2024-25 campaign. However, if the Trail Blazers were interested in players like Cam Johnson Or Dorian Finney-SmithIt’s possible that Simons’ salary won’t disrupt Brooklyn’s salary cap as much in 2025 if enough of the salary goes to the Trail Blazers.
Ultimately, trading for Simons would be an upside bet, especially since Dennis Schröder And Ben Simmons are heading towards the last Either way, the Nets have no plans to address their guard position in the upcoming drafts, so it’s possible Simons could fill that need immediately and form a dangerous backcourt pairing with Thomas.
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