Wherever the Brooklyn Nets end up in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, their mission will be clear: Pick the best player available. That’s the mission for most teams every year, but there are rare exceptions in which a team may want to draft the player that fits the most snugly into their current roster. However, these Brooklyn Nets do not qualify, and they won’t in June either.
Even on the slight chance that General Manager Sean Marks makes all four first-round picks Brooklyn owns — rather than consolidating a couple to move up or, what I think is more likely, kicking the can down the road — he has to draft the four best players available.