Brooklyn Nets Draft Review

Current Roster
PG: D'Angelo Russell/Isaiah Whitehead/Spencer Dinwiddie/Archie Goodwin
SG: Jeremy Lin/Sean Kilpatrick/Joe Harris
SF: Caris LeVert/Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
PF: Trevor Booker/Quincy Acy/Andrew Nicholson
C: Timofey Mozgov/Jarrett Allen/Justin Hamilton

2017 Free Agents
Unrestricted
F KJ McDaniels
G Randy Foye

Restricted
None

Who They Drafted
1-22 Jarrett Allen, C Texas
2-57 Aleksandar Vezenkov, SF/PF Barcelona
The Nets, who had their pick swapped with the Celtics, lost out on the number one overall pick but did at least salvage their draft by acquiring D'Angelo Russell (who despite what anyone thinks, still has a chance to become a real star) and drafting a player with lottery talent outside the lottery in Texas big man Jarrett Allen. Allen has tremendous length (7-5+ wingspan) and a frame that is already 234 and should grow even more (which will be crucial), he is also a good athlete for his size and has made some particularly impressive athletic plays. On offense, Allen is a particularly effective lob threat and has nice footwork, hands, and touch in the post, though again he must get a stronger anchor in order to post up other big men. Using his athleticism and length, Allen is an excellent finisher at the rim (71%) and though he is raw away from the basket, he has shown some touch from out there. Defensively, Allen, again, needs to get stronger, but his ability to move laterally and length could make him a very good defensive player. Allen is a raw player at this point and landing in Brooklyn, with their excellent development staff and Timofey Mozgov to start ahead of him so he can come along slowly. In the future, the Nets will hope Allen can develop into a pick and roll partner of Russell and anchor for their defense. It may take a couple years, but Allen has immense upside.
Towards the end of the second round, the Nets drafted a popular sleeper who has tremendous European translations and playing for one of the best teams in Europe. Last season for Barcelona Vezenkov shot 41% on 183 three-point attempts, his best weapon as a 6-9 combo forward though he has shown a wide variety of other way around the floor. Vezenkov is not a great athlete, which will put a serious cap of on his defensive potential, which is poor to say the least, but his shooting and offensive acumen are more intruiging than you'd exepect from your average 57th pick, even if he never comes to the NBA.

What They Need Going Forward
The Nets have plenty of cap space and will likely be active in trying to find less expensive veterans that can help them win now and younger, restricted free agents that they can try to steal from other teams, as they did last year. Nikola Mirotic, Joe Ingles, Shabazz Muhammad, Andre Roberson, and Tony Snell are all restricted options they could look at. They can also become a dumping ground for bad contracts, with some nice assets attached of course. The most important thing for the Nets to do is make sure they don't go overboard with long term contracts.

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