Complete 2018 NBA offseason grades for all 30 teams

Brooklyn Nets

Key additions: Dzanan Musa (free agency), Rodions Kurucs (draft), Ed Davis (free agency), Kenneth Faried (trade), Shabazz Napier (free agency), Jared Dudley (trade), Treveon Graham (free agency)

Key subtractions: Jeremy Lin (trade), Timofey Mozgov (trade), Nik Stauskas (free agency), Isaiah Whitehead (trade)

General manager Sean Marks continues to make moves on the margin that will someday (fingers crossed) add up to something special. The D’Angelo Russell trade has been his biggest get yet, and that remains true after this summer, but his ability to turn cap space into salary dump deals should not go unnoticed.

Re-signing Joe Harris was the Brooklyn Nets‘ biggest priority entering the summer, and they took care of business. Overseas prospects Dzanan Musa and Rodions Kurucs were brought aboard through the draft, Ed Davis was a free agency steal on a one-year contract and Shabazz Napier brings some stability to the Nets’ backcourt depth with Jeremy Lin being traded away.

It was on the trade front where Marks netted his most significant gains, bringing aboard Kenneth Faried and Darell Arthur in a deal with the Denver Nuggets, Jared Dudley in a deal with the Phoenix Suns (moving Arthur) and moving Lin to the Hawks. Brooklyn could now have a whopping $65.3 million in “practical cap space” next summer.

The yield for those moves? A protected 2019 first-rounder from Denver, a 2020 second-rounder from Denver, a 2020 second-rounder from Portland (via Atlanta) and a 2021 second-rounder from Phoenix. These assets don’t amount to much individually, but considering what Marks started with, his ability to continue spinning this yarn into gold thread will eventually knit a shiny new roster.

Grade: B