As soon as the Brooklyn Nets traded for James Harden to create their Big Three with him, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, people around the NBA started wondering where help might come from next. The Nets were already a team struggling to defend pre-trade. After sending out a capable wing defender in Caris LeVert and a very good defensive center in Jarrett Allen, the defense department of this team looks as thin as Durant did as a rookie. Usually, giving up depth for a superstar means you have to find that depth elsewhere, and the Nets were already dealing with losing Spencer Dinwiddie for the season.
Considering their cache of draft picks is officially gone and they don’t have young trade assets to send out for veteran help, the Nets will have to turn toward free agency or, more specifically, the buyout market. The problem with that is we’re two months away from the NBA’s trade deadline. We rarely see buyouts prior to then, so finding help for this Nets playoff…
