The Brooklyn Nets have had an interesting past few years as they went from competing for an NBA title to rebuilding somewhat thanks to off-court circumstances out of the team's control. Once Brooklyn traded away James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, the rebuild was on and the front office gets more credit than not for riding that wave. However, some around the league still have their critiques of the current situation.
"Now, they're still in the bottom half of these rankings. The Nets are way better than they get credit for, but that doesn't mean they're perfect," Sam Quinn wrote of the Nets for CBS Sports. As previously written on Nets Wire, Quinn ranked Brooklyn as the 16th-best front office in the Association because of most of the moves general manager Sean Marks has made, but the rebuild is still dependent on the organization finding at least one franchise player.
"They banked so much of their future on landing a cornerstone in either the 2025 or 2026 drafts. They didn't get a top-five pick, and it just isn't clear what their new plan is," Quinn continued with his criticism of Brooklyn's current rebuild with the players on the current roster. "That's a bit of a problem in light of how baffling components on their last two offseasons have been."
As Quinn alluded to, the Nets invested plenty of resources in the 2025 NBA Draft when they selected five players in the first round, headlined by guard Egor Demin, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2025 class. After last season, it seems that the majority of the NBA community views Demin as the lone hit of the quintet. However, there are credible arguments to be made that guard Nolan Traore and forward Danny Wolf can still be serviceable NBA players someday.
There seems to be widespread skepticism towards forward Drake Powell and guard Ben Saraf being rotation players someday, but Brooklyn will likely use this upcoming season to see what they have. Marks has said multiple times over the past few years that patience is the central theme of this rebuild, but with how many resources he invested in the 2025 draft, this upcoming campaign will be the time to see if those investments return their value.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Why is the Nets' front office regarded in the bottom half of the NBA?
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