Brooklyn Nets cap space monopoly: what does it mean as free agency approaches

As Jake Fischer wrote Wednesday on his and Marc Stein’s substack, TheSteinLine, the Nets have a virtual monopoly on cap space this off-season:

The Brooklyn Nets are currently the league’s only team on course to have a difference-making amount of cap space to spend this summer. This is not hyperbole.

The actual numbers won’t be known for a while and, as we all know, the NBA can change quickly, but the current reality is that Sean Marks & co. have loaded up on cap space in a big way ... an ideal asset in a summer that one Western Conference executive told Fischer has the potential to be “a crazy summer” full of trades. ESPN’s Shams Charania similarly called it the “most craziest summer” and a…