Fred Katz

They had plenty of time. They had the draft. They had free agency. They had time to trade Dorian Finney-Smith. They had time to trade Cam Johnson. They had time to trade their veterans. And they held on to Finney-Smith, and Finney-Smith won them some damn games. The Nets were like 15 points per 100 possessions better when Dorian Finney-Smith was on the floor this year. It was a disaster.

They had plenty of time. They had the draft. They had free agency. They had time to trade Dorian Finney-Smith. They had time to trade Cam Johnson. They had time to trade their veterans. And they held on to Finney-Smith, and Finney-Smith won them some damn games. The Nets were like 15 points per 100 possessions better when Dorian Finney-Smith was on the floor this year. It was a disaster.

They had plenty of time. They had the draft. They had free agency. They had time to trade Dorian Finney-Smith. They had time to trade Cam Johnson. They had time to trade their veterans. And they held on to Finney-Smith, and Finney-Smith won them some damn games. The Nets were like 15 points per 100 possessions better when Dorian Finney-Smith was on the floor this year. It was a disaster.

Jordy Fernandez is a really good coach, by the way. He has done a great job with that team. They play crazy hard. They have great stuff. They all know their roles. He has done a great job. He's too good of a coach for that situation. Too good. But I won't knock him for that because that would be outrageous. And they held on to Cam Johnson because they set too high of a price on Cam Johnson.

Jordy Fernandez is a really good coach, by the way. He has done a great job with that team. They play crazy hard. They have great stuff. They all know their roles. He has done a great job. He's too good of a coach for that situation. Too good. But I won't knock him for that because that would be outrageous. And they held on to Cam Johnson because they set too high of a price on Cam Johnson.

Jordy Fernandez is a really good coach, by the way. He has done a great job with that team. They play crazy hard. They have great stuff. They all know their roles. He has done a great job. He's too good of a coach for that situation. Too good. But I won't knock him for that because that would be outrageous. And they held on to Cam Johnson because they set too high of a price on Cam Johnson.

You're not getting two first-round picks for Cam Johnson in a market where Luka Doncic commands one. Like you're not, you're not going to get that. And the fact that they just now have Cam Johnson and just watch, like, I mean, we'll see if, you know, he just gets shut down for the rest of the year because of some mysterious injury or whatever else, but he's won them too many games already. Yeah.

You're not getting two first-round picks for Cam Johnson in a market where Luka Doncic commands one. Like you're not, you're not going to get that. And the fact that they just now have Cam Johnson and just watch, like, I mean, we'll see if, you know, he just gets shut down for the rest of the year because of some mysterious injury or whatever else, but he's won them too many games already. Yeah.

You're not getting two first-round picks for Cam Johnson in a market where Luka Doncic commands one. Like you're not, you're not going to get that. And the fact that they just now have Cam Johnson and just watch, like, I mean, we'll see if, you know, he just gets shut down for the rest of the year because of some mysterious injury or whatever else, but he's won them too many games already. Yeah.

And I, he is a good player who fits in a bunch of places is like one of the most popular teammates in the league. One of the most high character dudes in the league. Everybody loves cam Johnson as a guy. Like he'll fit in anywhere from a personality standpoint, work ethic standpoint, coaches, love them. Players love them. Like, like it's, there should be no challenges in trading cam Johnson.

And I, he is a good player who fits in a bunch of places is like one of the most popular teammates in the league. One of the most high character dudes in the league. Everybody loves cam Johnson as a guy. Like he'll fit in anywhere from a personality standpoint, work ethic standpoint, coaches, love them. Players love them. Like, like it's, there should be no challenges in trading cam Johnson.

And I, he is a good player who fits in a bunch of places is like one of the most popular teammates in the league. One of the most high character dudes in the league. Everybody loves cam Johnson as a guy. Like he'll fit in anywhere from a personality standpoint, work ethic standpoint, coaches, love them. Players love them. Like, like it's, there should be no challenges in trading cam Johnson.

And it's not like the nets are going to be an awful spot. They'll be in a spot to where they, they, They might end up, you know, if Toronto wins some games with Ingram, they might end up with a fifth worst record in the league, which puts them in almost as good of a chance to get number one as anybody else. But like, yeah, they could have controlled this thing better.

And it's not like the nets are going to be an awful spot. They'll be in a spot to where they, they, They might end up, you know, if Toronto wins some games with Ingram, they might end up with a fifth worst record in the league, which puts them in almost as good of a chance to get number one as anybody else. But like, yeah, they could have controlled this thing better.

And it's not like the nets are going to be an awful spot. They'll be in a spot to where they, they, They might end up, you know, if Toronto wins some games with Ingram, they might end up with a fifth worst record in the league, which puts them in almost as good of a chance to get number one as anybody else. But like, yeah, they could have controlled this thing better.

Right now, the most likely scenario for Brooklyn, if you have the six best lottery odds, your most likely scenario is you pick seventh. There's a 29.8% chance you pick seventh. And there's a 20.6% chance you pick eighth.

Right now, the most likely scenario for Brooklyn, if you have the six best lottery odds, your most likely scenario is you pick seventh. There's a 29.8% chance you pick seventh. And there's a 20.6% chance you pick eighth.

Right now, the most likely scenario for Brooklyn, if you have the six best lottery odds, your most likely scenario is you pick seventh. There's a 29.8% chance you pick seventh. And there's a 20.6% chance you pick eighth.

uh and and those are your most likely there's an 8.6 chance you pick six and right there that means there is a do the math there is an almost 60 chance that you are going to be picking sixth seventh or eighth if you go into the draft or you go into the lottery with the six six worth record so like it's brutal

uh and and those are your most likely there's an 8.6 chance you pick six and right there that means there is a do the math there is an almost 60 chance that you are going to be picking sixth seventh or eighth if you go into the draft or you go into the lottery with the six six worth record so like it's brutal