05-19-2026, 07:31 AM
(05-18-2026, 07:18 PM)Smitty Wrote: Multiple league sources have connected the Brooklyn Nets to Michigan center Aday Mara and Tennessee forward Nate Ament, per @KevinOConnor
I don’t like being linked to KOC, but I did say immediately after the lottery results that the Nets felt like an Ament team. Also, their coach is from Spain and probably knows everything there is to know about Mara through the Spanish basketball ranks.
We’ll get rumors and reports like this the next 5 weeks, so take it FWIW. The one thing I feel confident about is that 5-9 will not all be guards.
Sort of funny visiting other boards. There is a strong contingent fine with Mara. There is very little support for Ament on most boards.
I think the Nets are one of the real interesting teams. Most have them taking a guard and they may go this route. They drafted two guards last year. Neither may be a true lead guard, but do they want to add another dominant ball handler? The guards they drafted last year have good size so that does allow flexibility. Adding a ball dominant player like Acuff seems a little weird to me though.