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Complete 2017 NBA Draft grades for all 30 teams

By Gerald Bourguet

Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; General view of the stage before the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; General view of the stage before the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Jarrett Allen (Texas) is introduced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the number twenty-two overall pick to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

Brooklyn Nets

Jarrett Allen (No. 22), Aleksandar Vezenkov (No. 57)

In the span of a week, the Brooklyn Nets managed to trade away Brook Lopez’s expiring deal, land a potential franchise point guard in D’Angelo Russell AND draft a potential center to replace Lopez. Sure, they had to take on Timofey Mozgov’s albatross of a contract and surrender the No. 27 overall pick, but general manager Sean Marks once again prove his worth.

In that excellent deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nets added a combo guard who can play alongside Jeremy Lin and eventually take the wheel. Brooklyn also keeps all of its 2017 cap space, even with Mozgov on the books.

Oh and yeah, Jarrett Allen — the Nets’ pick at No. 22 — also just so happened to throw down one of the most wicked dunks in the NCAA this year:

The seven-foot big man out of Texas may never be a star, but he’s clearly athletic and has plenty of upside. With a patient coaching staff that can coax out his love for the game and shot-blocking ability, Allen’s offensive game will eventually follow. That’s more than enough considering he wasn’t expected to fall that far in the pecking order.

In the second round, the Nets got a draft-and-stash candidate in Aleksandar Vezenkov, a big man from Cyprus who can stroke the basketball but may struggle defensively whenever he comes stateside.

All in all, walking out of the 2017 NBA Draft with Russell, Allen and a promising draft-and-stash guy made this another success for the Brooklyn Nets’ once bare cupboard of assets.

Grade: A-