DRAFT WATCH #7 - Brooklyn Nets likely to pick best players available. So who’s that?

So this is what the fuss is all about: the 2025 NBA Draft. The Brooklyn Nets and their fans are have been debating this draft ever since June 24 of last year when they worked two deals with the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets that got them, as of now, the 6th, 19th, 24th, 26th and 36th picks ... instead of the 12th and 24th.

With all the draft capital, particularly that lottery pick, the Nets were expected to tank but Jordi Ferndandez has changed that script and with a third of the season left, they’re a game and a half out of the play-in tournament. (In case you’re wondering: if the Nets finish 10th and continue playing beyond April 13, they’ll stay in the May 12 lottery if they lose…