3 ways a Spencer Dinwiddie trade could help the Brooklyn Nets

1. Asset acquisition

Despite being shy of their own pick for quiet some time, the Brooklyn Nets front office created a formula for bringing in young talent and making sure they were able to stay involved in draft night action.

Since the end of the 2015-16 NBA season, Sean Marks and company have brought in draft rights or draft picks via trade 11 times. With the possibility of another draft featuring a bevy of talented collegiate players readying for the NBA, and Brooklyn’s ability to maximize on young players’ potential, Spencer Dinwiddie could offer a way to maintain an influx of young talent.

For the first time in what feels much longer than it truly has been, Brooklyn will be drafting with their own pick this offseason. In addition, the Nets are also equipped with a top-12 protected Denver Nuggets pick that seems likely to convey, and two additional second round picks, with their own having been traded to Orlando.

Trading Dinwiddie could give them an opportunity to amass another pick in the coming draft from a team that may not be as high on its own draft potential, or may see the the addition of Dinwiddie in the present as more valuable. Even if it’s not for the 2019 draft, Brooklyn could seek out future picks from teams in need of backcourt help (like Phoenix or Orlando).

Having an arsenal of draft picks can benefit a team beyond bringing in young players with the hopes of them growing into valuable pieces. Brooklyn will at some point experience a role reversal and will become the team that looks to expend picks in order to strengthen its roster.

This is a crucial ability to be able to exercise in order to structure a deep team around top-level free agents if all goes right in the summer. And if the Nets strike out with their free agent targets, future picks that can be used to plump up an enticing trade package for a star represent an excellent backup plan.