Stay at No. 6, trade up or chase a star: Nets still have paths after lottery miss
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets left Sunday’s NBA draft lottery with the No. 6 pick, not the franchise-changing prize fans had hoped for after two seasons near the bottom of the standings. It hurt, as it should’ve.
But it didn’t leave them without options. They can keep the pick, explore what it’d cost to move up the board, or see whether the latest disappointment pushes them deeper into the star market. None offers the excitement No.
1 would’ve provided. Brooklyn entered the lottery with top-four odds and left with No. 6, one year after its own pick fell to No.
8 and two years after the 2024 pick it owed the Houston Rockets jumped from ninth-best odds to No. 3. For a franchise already scarred by pick debt, failed eras and lottery cruelty, Sunday landed like another gut punch.
The first option is staying put. It’s the least dramatic choice and, right now, probably the toughest sell. No.
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