Brooklyn Nets 2025-26 NBA Season Lookahead

Dan and Grant are joined by Lucas Kaplan (@lucaskaplan) from Nets Daily for a deep dive into the 2025-26 Brooklyn Nets. FOLLOW LUCAS' WORK HERE. TIMESTAMPS⤵️

0:00 - INTRO
1:32 - What is the Nets’ plan?
5:26 - The Cam Thomas situation 
15:28 - Brooklyn’s draft philosophy 
20:01 - The vision Egor Demin
22:18 - Outlook for Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf 
26:00 - Will Drake Powell and Danny Wolf play?
30:08 - Picking the Nets’ most interesting prospect
33:37 - The Michael Porter Jr. transition 
36:04 - What we learned about Jordi Fernandez
40:49 - The defensive identity 
42:03  - Future of Nicolas Claxton 
46:45 - Can Kobe Bufkin break out?
48:45 - The non-core youngsters
52:37 - Biggest needs
53:11 - Under the radar storylines 
54:18 - Top-10 rotation
57:14 - Go-to closing lineup
59:02 - Weirdo lineups we want to see
1:03:02 - The Nets are mad scientists 
1:05:22 - PREDICTIONS

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