The Brooklyn Nets' front office is seemingly taking the Oklahoma City Thunder's route to success by compiling assets and building in-house.
This appaoch should come as much of a surprise considering the failures of the Big Three era with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James. The Nets received a massive haul in return for Durant, most recently in trading away forward Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks.
Here's the full breakdown of the Nets' return for Durant:
The original deal sent Durant and forward T.J. Warren to Phoenix in exchange for Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks, and a 2028 pick swap.
The Nets moved Crowder to the Milwaukee Bucks for two second-round picks in a three-team deal with the Indiana Pacers. Then, the blockbuster move took place, trading Bridges to the Knicks in exchange for four unprotected first-round picks, a protected first-rounder from the Bucks, a pick swap, and a second-round pick.
In total, it leaves the Nets with a pool of the following assets from the Durant trade:
- Cameron Johnson
- 2023 first-round pick (from Phoenix - unprotected)
- 2025 first-round pick (from Phoenix - unprotected)
- 2025 first-round pick (from NY - unprotected)
- 2025 first-round pick (from MIL - Top-4 protected)
- 2026 second-round pick (own reacquired)
- 2027 first-round pick (from Phoenix - unprotected)
- 2027 first-round pick (from NY - unprotected)
- 2028 first-round pick swap (from Phoenix)
- 2028 second-round pick (from Milwaukee)
- 2028 first-round pick swap (from NY)
- 2029 first-round pick (from Phoenix -unprotected)
- 2029 second-round pick (from Milwaukee)
- 2029 first-round pick (from NY - unprotected)
- 2031 first-round pick (from NY - unprotected)
