I did it again... The Nets are screwed man. They have no cap space, no draft pick, no coach and no wins...
How can they mess a team up this bad?
2014: no picks at all
2015: altanta has the right to swap first round picks with no lottery protection, they have no second round pick
2016: no picks at all
2017: Boston has the right to swap first round picks with no lottery protection, they have no second round pick
2018: no picks at all
Even if they are in the lottery for 5 straight years they could not get a single lottery pick out of it and only have two non lottery first round picks to build for their future.
If Lopez doesn't opt out in 2015, they won't be able to sign a single player for more than the mini-MLE until 2016 unless they can move one of Joe Johnson, Deron Williams or Brook Lopez. two of them have untradable contracts.
They only have 3 players on their roster younger then 25.
One is a second year 54th overall pick who has a PER of 1.6, so no trade value at all.
One is a second year 41st overall pick who has a PER of 6.5, so no trade value at all.
One is a 23 year old first year 22nd overall pick who has a PER of 15.6. What do they do with him? Trade him to help dump some other contract or build around him with league minimum players. I know boston and atlanta are thrilled with the situation.