I’m not sure Marks made the trade for Crowder with only the exception in mind. I don’t think it’s in the neighborhood of largest ever as both the Celtics had the record in 2021 for a $28.5 million exception, which broke the Pelicans’ previous record by a million in 2020. The Bucks were always giving up five, but they were never all heading to Brooklyn. I asked around on this and my understanding is the Nets never had all five second-rounders at once. There was a lot flying around Twitter when the news broke, but the Nets got two while the three others went elsewhere in a multi-team deal. Mark B.įirst, just to clarify, the Nets never got five second-rounders for the Crowder trade. Do you think that Sean Marks has a specific plan for this exception? Giving up three second-round picks would seem to indicate that he does. The Nets gave up three of the five second-round picks that they received for Jae Crowder in order to generate an $18 million trade exception. How is that going to age, especially given his recent injury history?Ī lot to sort through there. They’re already on the brink of winning it without him.īut to play your game the Nets would need to trade Nic Claxton and Ben Simmons for cap-filler, but that could change because who knows what his physical looks like with those back injuries? Then, maybe four first-round picks? The Suns gave up four for Kevin Durant, who is two years older than Lillard, so why wouldn’t the Blazers start there? And Lillard is under contract for the next four years and could be making north of $60 million toward the end of it. If he asks out, I think Lillard should go to Miami, where the Heat can hide his defensive liabilities and have him just score. What’s the Nets’ ceiling with him if the East stays as is? I’d say the second round. At least I don’t think so without the landscape around the rest of the league changing. He’s almost 33 and isn’t going to win a title in Brooklyn. That said, I don’t think the Nets have the assets to get Lillard and frankly, I don’t think a deal for him is worth it. They love him and appear to want to see this through. 2? Do they really like one guy over the other? And Bridges hasn’t even played 30 regular season games as a Net. Sharpe is younger and on the better deal.Īnother question: How do the Nets feel about Brandon Miller and his situation at Alabama? I know it hasn’t affected his draft stock, but the Nets are a team that just got over a ton of headaches. If the Blazers are that desperate to help Dame, why not push for more? I don’t think Simons is a good return because he’s an older player and already got paid. 3 pick and Simons (or Shaedon Sharpe) than just those two assets, if they did. He made 10 of 16 shots for 23 points in the first half and kept the Nets, who opened the season with Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and championship aspirations, within nine at halftime.Coming out of the combine, my understanding was the Nets aren’t interested in trading Bridges to Portland and would want more than the No. Philly fans can only imagine Bridges in this lineup. Bridges is now a bona fide NBA star while Smith flamed out after only 13 career NBA games. The feel-good reunion lasted about 15 minutes and Bridges was traded to Phoenix for Zhaire Smith. Then came a pair of embarrassments in rapid succession: Bridges celebrated on draft night with his mom, who worked at the time for the 76ers. Bridges seemed he would stay in the area when he was drafted by the 76ers with the No. Bridges helped the Wildcats win two national championship - the 20 national championship banners hang in the Wells Fargo Center rafters. Bridges kept Game 1 from becoming an early rout in a homecoming effort.īridges attended Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, then played three seasons at Villanova.

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