Nets NBA Draft: 5 things Brooklyn can do with 19th overall pick
1. Package the Pick for a Lottery Player
Once more seeking to make a move rewarding the Nets with a higher value asset, the cost to do so poises to ask the Nets to relinquish not just the 19th overall pick, but some already established younger players as well. If the Nets find themselves truly buying into a player’s game and what he might bring to the team right out the gate, they might look to add that third star via the youth movement, and trade up to select a draft gem.
But finding a way into the top five comes as a feat almost impossible to accomplish for the Nets, even if they were to trade away almost their entire available capital. It also appears as a move that even if accomplished, brings about a potential team-breaking risk if the player selected dissipates into a bust, not even to mention any struggles that might occur while grooming this potential superstar pick for immediate usage alongside Irving and Durant. For this reason, if the Nets aim to trade up during this year’s draft, targeting picks 8-14 seems like the most probable and beneficial plan of action.
To acquire a back end lottery pick, a fair price likely includes Jarrett Allen alongside the 19th overall pick. Parting ways with either Dinwiddie or LeVert just to move up only a couple places feels far too generous, so they remain absent from the equation. However, Allen remains on the table if the right player becomes available. If players like Obi Toppin or James Wiseman somehow manage to fall outside the top seven picks, Marks moving up to select them does not feel entirely improbable.
This scenario comes as the most unlikely one to actually come into fruition due to its undeniable higher risk than reward, but crazier things have certainly happened on draft night.
