The Nets, at least for the moment, have three picks in next year’s draft: two firsts and a second. They can’t buy another second rounder because they sent the Hornets $5 million in cash to acquire Dwight Howard. Under league roles, a team can’t spend $5.24 million to sweeten any deal.
But suppose they had one or two second round picks from previous drafts in camp next year, their overseas stashes? It’s early of course, but it could happen. Two of the Nets three stashes —Isaia Cordinier, a 6’5” shooting guard from France, and Aleksandar Vezenkov, a 6’9” stretch four from Bulgaria— are showing promise.