Brooklyn Nets looking to be a deadline buyer, but what’s for sale?

New York Knicks

Cap status: Over by $14.2 million, hard-capped at $123.7 million

Expiring contracts: Enes Kanter ($18.6 million), Lance Thomas ($7.1 million, plus non-guaranteed $7.6 million for 2019-20, Mario Hezonja ($6.5 million), Kristaps Porzingis ($5.7 million), Emmanuel Mudiay ($4.3 million), Trey Burke ($1.8 million), Luke Kornet ($1.6 million), Noah Vonleh ($1.5 million), Damyean Dotson ($1.4 million, plus non-guaranteed $1.6 million for 2019-20)

Enes Kanter would be the most attractive target on this list and the money for Kenneth Faried just fits under the CBA restrictions.

Here’s where the “but” comes into play.

Kanter is a beast on the boards. He’s a terrific offensive player in the low post.

And he completely does not fit a pace-and-space system, besides the fact he is a complete defensive liability.

The Nets have a nice rotation at the center spot with young Jarrett Allen and veteran Ed Davis and it could be detrimental to disrupt that chemistry to bring in a low-post eating one-trick pony such as Kanter.

Kristaps Porzingis is a non-starter, obviously, but due diligence required his name to hit the list above.

Mario Hezonja has been decent for the Knicks at times, but is a defensive non-entity and is shooting just 38.3 percent overall and 29.3 percent from 3. So, hard pass there.