The Brooklyn Nets were disappointed after Monday's 2025 NBA Draft Lottery and as a result, they reportedly are regarded as a trade-up candidate.

One reason the Nets figure to be active ahead of the draft is that they currently have four picks in the first round this year. Their own is at No. 8 overall, plus three others at 19 (via Milwaukee Bucks), 26 (via New York Knicks) and 27 (via Houston Rockets).

The Brooklyn Nets may not have won the draft lottery, securing a chance to draft Duke star Cooper Flagg; however, there may be a silver lining for this franchis

The Brooklyn Nets are one of many teams that could pursue trades ahead of the NBA Draft, either to improve their pick or obtain a star.

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery did not go as expected. The best way to describe it was, 'the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.' While it was expected that one of the bottom six or seven teams in the league would land Cooper Flagg at No. 1, that wasn't the case.

I sent a letter to every NBA team and asked if they could please send me any autographs or merchandise! Last year I had a goal to get an autograph from a player on every NFL team, so a few months ago I decided to try the same thing with the NBA by sending a handwritten letter to every team in the league.

Looking at all five picks, the leader is Spanish wing Hugo Gonzalez with four mentions followed by Israeli point guard Ben Saraf and American power forwards Yaxel Lendebourg and Rasheer Fleming, with three each. Overall, more than a dozen players are linked to Brooklyn. So a lot of uncertainty.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Emmett wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 2.2 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.

When Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks and team governor Joe Tsai pivoted and made the tough decision to tank this season for a high draft pick, it ended up giving them the sixth-best odds.

The most likely answer won't excite fans. Brooklyn entered the offseason with hopes of landing a franchise-altering talent. They had two clear avenues to do so: spiking a top draft pick or cashing in their chips for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Joe and Clara Wu Tsai had just decided to get involved in pro sports as an investment. Sports had been part of their personal development, Joe played collegiate lacrosse at Yale and Clara was raised on the-hoop-happy campus of the University of Kansas during the Danny Manning era.