Never in the Sean Marks era had the draftniks been in agreement on who the Nets would take in last year’s Draft. Day’Ron Sharpe was almost cemented into the 27th pick, Brooklyn’s own, in most mock drafts. When the Nets acquired the 29th pick from the Suns on Draft Night, it didn’t matter much. They simply used the 27th pick on Cam Thomas, then took Sharpe with the 29th.
The belief back then was that Sharpe, only 19 with only one year of college play at North Carolina, would spend much if not all of the 2021-22 season on Long Island, learning, learning, learning.