Brian Lewis

4 days ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

When they pried a record draft haul from the Knicks for Mikal Bridges, it was too early to say the Nets came out winners in the trade. It’s not premature anymore. Granted, we don’t know who the Nets will end up getting with any of those five first-round picks, or how long it’ll take them to rebuild. And it’s not impossible that the Knicks can come up winners too, if they win a title with Bridges. But they fumbled their first opportunity — and it remains to be seen if it’s their best.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

Shooting is the single most coveted skill in the NBA, and the Nets on Thursday worked out the top shooter in the upcoming draft. At least, that’s how the confident Chaz Lanier views himself. “I believe I’m the best shooter in the draft,” Lanier told The Post. “But [also] a competitor, a winner, somebody who wants to win and is going to bring the best effort to the team. “I feel like I have a proven track record, and I bring maturity and experience onto any team who drafts me.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

The Nets will host Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier for a predraft workout on Friday, sources told The Post. On the short list for the best shooter in this year’s class, Lanier could be a viable target for Brooklyn with the 36th pick. They also have the eighth, 19th, 26th and 27th picks in next month’s draft. The Jerry West Award-winner as the best shooting guard, Lanier averaged 18.0 points last season on 43.1 percent shooting and a solid 39.5 percent from behind the arc.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

For the Nets, this isn’t the time for pity. It’s time for planning and plotting. They’re about to take the first big step of their rebuild. They can’t afford to trip. With the Nets’ tough lottery luck — they landed the No. 8 overall pick after having the sixth-best odds — they lost any shot at getting Duke phenom Cooper Flagg. Almost immediately, chatter started emerging from the NBA Draft Combine that the Nets were looking to move up in the draft. But move up from where to where? To No. 6? No. 3?

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

After the Nets got unlucky in the lottery and fell to the eighth overall pick, their dreams of landing Cooper Flagg ended. But they still might be starting their rebuild with a forward from Duke: Kon Knueppel. Brooklyn has been connected with Knueppel more than any other prospect, and has recently been predicted to draft him by both ESPN and Bleacher Report. And sitting at eighth, some scouts who spoke with The Post view Knueppel as the perfect value pick at that spot, if he’s still around.