The 2023-2024 season is completely over, and this offseason will become very important for all teams, on the one hand, the playoffs last season will recruit big-name stars in the draft and free agency to improve the team's strength, and on the other hand, for teams that missed the playoffs early and have a poor record, starting to rebuild or develop potential players will be the next priority. Tomorrow's draft will officially begin, which will be the first step in the offseason for a rebuilding team.
And today, the Brooklyn Nets took the lead in the trade move. The Nets and Knicks made a big deal today, with the Nets trading Bridges, the team's star player, to the Knicks, and the Knicks paid a huge price. The Knicks sent Bojan, four unprotected first-round picks, one protected first-round pick, one unprotected draft pick swap and one second-round pick to the Nets in exchange for Bridges and a second-round pick. Although the Knicks are extremely expensive in this deal, the strength of the Knicks next season should not be underestimated.
For the Nets, their trade is also a formal sign that they have started their own rebuilding path. Since Joe Tsai became the new owner of the Nets, he has built a Big Three lineup of Durant, Irving and Harden after taking office, but with the departure of the Big Three, the Nets are left with only a mess. After missing out on the playoffs early last season, the Nets don't seem to have a better option this summer, and there is no other way to do it but rebuild, after all, the Nets can't attract big stars and can't challenge for championships.
And just now, the Nets broke a sudden news, which once again indicated that the Nets had started the task of rebuilding. According to NBAcentral's Mike Ascotto, the Nets will have a big sale of at least six players on the team. They are Schroder, Ben Simmons, Cam Johnson, Bojanovic, Sharpe, and Dovelyn Smith, and according to the leaks, the Nets will also have some veterans who will also be traded, and are currently being openly sold to other teams in the league.
With the draft on the horizon, the Nets had to start a rebuild after a losing season. After completing an 8-for-2 deal today, another half of the team was sold for rebuilding. You know, this is not the first time the Nets have rebuilt, before Irving, Durant and Harden, the Nets also formed a triumvirate of Deron, Pierce and Garnett, but after only 2 seasons, the Nets started a rebuild. And before Delon, Pierce and Garnett, the Nets' Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Carter's triumvirate combination also ended without a problem.
Since officially joining the NBA in 1975, the Nets' record has been up and down, and in the history of the Nets, almost every five years, there has been a rebuild, each rebuild will be a big bet on the Big Three, and after the Big Three failure, the rebuilding mission will begin. For the strange operation of the Nets, fans seem to be accustomed to it. And this reconstruction, I don't know when the Big Three will be formed, but for team owner Tsai Chongxin, who has just taken over the NBA team and has gone through a long period of rebuilding, no one will feel good, and where is the future of the team? No one knows that!