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Sharif Phillips-Keaton

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Editor, Nets Wire at USA Today

Cover the NBA's Brooklyn Nets for Nets Wire (@thenetswire) For USA Today SMG. Contributor to Bills Wire (@TheBillsWire).

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  • 1 week ago | netswire.usatoday.com | Sharif Phillips-Keaton

    The Brooklyn Nets are one of the teams that will be navigating this offseason with the ability to make a bunch of different moves in the pursuit of improving the roster significantly. Brooklyn has four first-round picks to use in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft, but they are reportedly still interested in trading for Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. They may have to compete with another team to acquire him.

  • 1 week ago | netswire.usatoday.com | Sharif Phillips-Keaton

    The Brooklyn Nets came away from the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with the eighth overall pick, something that the franchise was hoping wouldn't happen heading into the event. However, Brooklyn went into the Lottery knowing that they could have come away from the Lottery with a less-than-ideal pick and now, they have to move forward with different plans for who to use that pick on.

  • 1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Sharif Phillips-Keaton

    The Brooklyn Nets came away from the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with the eighth overall pick, something that the franchise was hoping wouldn't happen heading into the event. However, Brooklyn went into the Lottery knowing that they could have come away from the Lottery with a less-than-ideal pick and now, they have to move forward with different plans for who to use that pick on.

  • 1 week ago | netswire.usatoday.com | Sharif Phillips-Keaton

    The Brooklyn Nets head into the 2025 NBA Draft with four picks in the first round, giving them the opportunity to bring in plenty of young talent from this class. Brooklyn is reportedly considered to be one of the teams that are exploring chances to move up in the Draft, but it appears to be unlikely that they will be able to get all the way to the second overall pick. "Unlikely. Matter of fact, I might even go highly unlikely.

  • 1 week ago | netswire.usatoday.com | Sharif Phillips-Keaton

    The Brooklyn Nets have four first-round picks in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft and while that is an enviable amount of bites at the apple, their first pick is eighth overall. With Brooklyn still in the early stages of its rebuild, there is the thought that they want to bring in as much young talent as possible and it sounds like they're thinking big.

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Sharif Phillips-Keaton
Sharif Phillips-Keaton @SharifKeaton
10 May 25

The last time the Nets won the NBA Draft Lottery, they were in New Jersey, had just a 4.40% chance of getting the #1 overall pick, and they used that pick to select forward Kenyon Martin Sr. Martin had some of his best years in the league with the Nets. https://t.co/FsrsmphkfX

Sharif Phillips-Keaton
Sharif Phillips-Keaton @SharifKeaton
10 May 25

The Nets will be hoping that the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery on Monday will give them the chance to draft Duke's Cooper Flagg. However, if Brooklyn were to stay with the 6th overall pick, here are some players for them to take a look at. More: https://t.co/5wAU1zdxwB

Sharif Phillips-Keaton
Sharif Phillips-Keaton @SharifKeaton
10 May 25

I was not expecting this.

Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter

Derek Carr has announced his retirement. https://t.co/WqcaVkSD60