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A look at the Brooklyn Nets entering the 2024-25 season …
- Last Season: 32-50 (failed to make the playoffs)
- New Faces: Coach Jordi Fernandez, Bojan Bogdanovic, Shake Milton, Ziaire Williams
- Key Losses: Mikal Bridges, Lonnie Walker IV, Keita Bates-Diop, Dennis Smith Jr.
Overview
The Nets are no stranger to chaos, and right now, it’s hard to tell what their future holds. Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden are gone. So is Mikal Bridges, the last real hope from last year’s 32-win squad.
What’s left? Ben Simmons, Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith, and a pile of draft picks.
Sounds like a rebuild, right? That’s exactly what it is. But it’s not just any rebuild — the Nets are signaling loud and clear they’re in full tank mode.
They made moves to get their own picks back from Houston in 2025 and 2026, and they’re gunning for the worst record in the league. Why? Simple: Cooper Flagg or Ace Bailey could be waiting at the top of the draft. That’s the hope, anyway.
In the meantime, the Nets will try to sort through what they have. Simmons, once an All-Star, has been a shell of himself for three years. Can he give them anything, or is this the end of the road for him?
Cam Thomas can score, but can he do it efficiently enough to help this team win games? Noah Clowney? A big who bounced between the G League and the end of the bench. And let’s not forget Dariq Whitehead, a former top prospect who spent last season rehabbing from foot surgeries.
The best-case scenario? Thomas proves he’s legit, Whitehead shows flashes, Clowney stretches the floor, and Simmons finds some peace with his game. They’re terrible but terrible enough to get the No. 1 pick.
The worst? The veterans like Johnson, Finney-Smith, and Dennis Schroder scrape together 30 wins, leaving the Nets in no man’s land with another late-lottery pick and no real direction.
One way or another, this season will go a long way in answering one big question: Who’s even on this team in two years?
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