The Nets may no longer be on the brink of championship contention, but they’ve got a plethora of new talent waiting in the wings. After shipping out Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant (as well as veterans TJ Warren and Markeiff Morris) shortly before the 2023 NBA Trade Deadline, Brooklyn officially marked the end of a failed superstar experiment that could barely get going before proverbially shooting itself in the foot.
In the return, the Nets received Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith from the Mavericks and Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson from the Suns, as well as a bounty of draft capital.