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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4294955, member: 1969"]
It’s a bad situation but it’s being minimized because they are getting out of it early.

if you look at the old Brooklyn team all the value of their players (Garnett, Pierce, Williams) was gone before they could trade them.     They are going to get a massive package for Durant, a few goodies for Kyrie and maybe a couple firsts for Simmons.    Way ahead of the game this time.

Like the Clippers, Lakers, Heat, the Nets are a free agent and preferred trade destination.     That aspect of building had worked for all of teams. They are going to get plenty of draft and young capital from the Durant deal and even Irving deal that they can flip in a few years.   And I am sure they are setting up themselves to have huge cap space again.

If they make these moves, They are well ahead of where they were after the Billie King disaster era.

The Lakers did get some low picks which they flipped, but they also never received anything for Kobe.

Furthermore with no picks the next few years they don’t have to worry about how good a player is now and how it might impact tanking.   They can actually build and retain credible young players without worrying about tanking.   Of course I would prefer the picks, but the Nets can stay at 35-45 win level which may actually help them get more value from the players ultimately.
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