As free agency approaches, rumors ... and ‘spitballs’ ... fly

Photo by Gary Bassing /NBAE via Getty ImagesIt’s silly season ... and no, we are not talking about the Fake Klay Thompson being offered a deal by the real Nets owner. Nope, free agency when rumors, most of them false or distorted, get big play.

With the Draft just a week away, things are starting to get interesting. For the Nets, of course, the Draft has historically been the time that Sean Marks is most active, starting with his first one in 2016 when he traded Thaddeus Young for the rights to the 20th pick which became Caris LeVert and a distant second rounder which became (wait for it) Kessler Edwards.

Now, with trades already being revealed, like Tuesday’s deal between the Mavs and…