More than two weeks ago, Allen Crabbe opted into his player option with the Brooklyn Nets for the 2019-2020 season. And for obvious reasons, Crabbe’s opt in has sparked trade speculation.
After all, the Nets, as things stand, plan to chase max free agents, but are short of max cap space. They have $30.3 million in cap space, assuming they maintain D’Angelo Russell’s cap hold but renounce every other free agent. That leaves them $7.85 million shy of Kevin Durant’s max, and $2.4 million shy of the max that Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, Tobias Harris and Jimmy Butler will command.