Pincus: Nets overall pick stash is top 5 in draft power rankings

Earlier this month, Sam Quinn of CBS Sports reported on the value of traded first rounders, saying the Nets were far and away the tops in that category. Now, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report goes a bit further, grading all 30 teams by the value of all their picks: traded firsts, but also, their own firsts, protections and swaps and even seconds. In his evaluation, the Nets are No. 5.

Writes Pincus of Brooklyn’s stash.

The Brooklyn Nets have a complex set of books with expensive obligations owed to the Rockets for James Harden (two unprotected firsts). But Brooklyn pivoted well when the relationship soured and replenished its draft capital in the Kevin Durant deal with the Phoenix Suns.

Of the…