HEARTBREAK: Brooklyn Nets Fall To Sixth Pick At 2026 NBA Draft Lottery | Where Do They Go From Here?
Erik Slater and Lucas Kaplan react to the Brooklyn Nets falling to the sixth pick in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery and outline where the team goes from here.
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What was your reaction to the Nets falling to the sixth pick in the 2026 NBA Draft? How do you want the team to build moving forward?
This was some bull , 6 they couldn't give us 4 our 5 ,this is crazy we gonna have 6 guards on the team ,trade up an get the kid from NC ,succccckkkks yo we needed to up this draft ,go BK 😂😂😂
No more tankin please 🙏😩
Trade Claxton? He’s the best player by miles.
There were only 3 solid rookies last year in my opinion vj kon copper everyone else is questionable. This year I feel only 4 players will be good and one could fall to the nets
The 1-3 picks should be finalized through the record. The 4-30 then experiment with new draft changes. Honestly, you have to allow the worst teams to get better particularly if their small markets. Many teams will continuously be lower tier teams when your not in a big market
Damian Lillard (2012) & Brandon Roy (2006) were both #6 picks and became the face of their franchise. If the Brooklyn Nets are really good at evaluating talent, we will still find our STAR player with this #6 pick. The ball is still on our court , keep your heads up Brook nets fans ❤️🙏🏽💪🏽
Keaton Wagler is going to be a superstar
Edit: most of our fans don’t watch college basketball is what’s being exposed lol
Saying optionality when the word options is right there…
No wonder the U.S. is ranked 36th in literacy.
We can trade the 6th pick for a young star like paolo banchero, Zion etc.
Sell the fanbase that you actually know what you are doing and are capable of scouting, drafting, and developing NBA superstars, starters, and role players no matter where you pick in the draft or how they are acquired. Sell the franchise you have competence.
What you wont sell the franchise on is hope in lottery balls like all the "fans" that started watching when durant signed and have no real comprehension of all the lessons learned over the years as a forgotten franchise.
I’m exhausted
Hate to say it but they better take the Knicks blueprint and run with it.
LET'S GET RID OF WHAMMY. HE'S LITERALLY A DEVIL-SIGNING BAD OMEN
Chicago don’t need Wilson they have a lot of forwards matas and Patrick , get them on the phone and offer another first to move up simple , if not we take wagler or Nate it’s not the worst
I just hope the Nets don't rush the rebuild.
Let’s be real, these tank years were necessary because 2 years ago this team was going nowhere. The team was in a good position to capitalize both years, but the lottery god have ensured we won’t draft a surefire superstar.
But this FO has shown they can identify good players. I really am just excited for the Nets to not limit themselves and try to win more from here on out.
Larry bird was taken 6 th overall. Wagler time
We have the least talent in the league. This freaking sucks man. 🫠
Tanking doesn’t work, win and people will come to play for us
Why the fuck am I still a nets fan. This team ain’t worth the emotional investment let alone any financial investment
KEATON WAGLER IS THE NEXT SGA/HALIBAN DEMON HE'S THE PICK
Honestly I don’t feel for Nets fans cause I have been saying this tanking nonsense doesn’t make sense. All this losing purposely did not do anything. They got what they deserved as well as the fans. It was brutal watching this team night in and night out purposely losing games.
Maybe the bulls are willing to trade down for 6 and some other assets
Of course it’s the worse case scenario for us
I genuinely can’t do this anymore bro
Most people didn’t watch nets games so they still think they took 3 pg’s last year (they didn’t) I say take Mikel or Flemings then trade clax for a 14-20 pick
Who cares at this point
The star of this team is gonna need to be Jordi Fernandez going forward. We’re gonna need him to scheme this ragtag group into competency and basically forge a star of his own. I believe a lot of the OKC Thunder’s success is in their team play and not necessarily from an over abundance of marquee talent the way some commentators say, and if you were to split that team up I don’t believe any of them would be viable no 1 options aside from Shai. And tbh I’m not even sure SGA becomes that guy in another setting
nets need to double up. Marks should be trying to get another lottery pick and draft Best player available. Porter Jr is not the answer. Claxton is not the answer. Either should be traded for another lottery pick. Talk to the bucks, the heat or the bulls to take Pwill for the 15th pick for the the early second round pick. Marks has options. period!
You guys are always so negative about the nets, in this draft there is so much talent why can’t we pick up a awesome young player at 6 stop all the doom and gloom
This is exactly how you would expect our luck to land us. When we trade picks they end up top 3 when we keep them we can’t sniff top 5. At this point I’m down to call it an inside job 😂
I’m a Nets fan but I am truly enjoying the look of defeat on your faces 😂😂😂 This is why promoting losing is a terrible idea. We’ll be just fine. Jordi + the 6th pick + our core = will be just fine.
Knew that we were going to pick 5-7, so fucking predictable. Now we have to hope Marks can trade up.
The scarier part is that we suck next year and lottery team and then end up with the top 5 pick which then goes to Houston. Like I said – we are better of just winning – never like tanking. Even if we lost like pacers – we may have gotten 5.
Go get cam back.
I Rather have cam scoring skills , who cares that he doesn't talk. We have too many talkers as it is now. We screw up.
get Acuff at 6, trade for another star to play along side MPJ and try to make a run
Nets should have had VJ Edjecomb. No excuse for letting Philly outank the Nets in the last few games last year. This year was just bad luck
Lucas just stop it's over for us
I love that nets don't have a pick next year stop the tanking bullshit enjoy your fucking victories develop some talent and behave like a big market team getting some top free agents
Where are all the nets fans with their big mouths that were so happy about beating memphis and detroit and all these other teams earlier this year…fire Sean Marks already
We should be going for Mikel Brown Jr great PG got a flame can pass and defend go for MBJ!!!
We could still trade up as we should atleast try all the 1sts the nets got 2the 4th pick. Wilson not getting past the Clippers. Bulls want acuff
Cheh bien fait pour votre gueule .Les loosers de la conférence est . C'est bien beau d'accumuler les seconds tours de draft, et surtout d'avoir volé votre voisin New yorkais pour un joueur qui ne les valait pas . Le destin vous a punis .
I think I have a bit more faith in the org.
I want to see demon play a season healthy under jordie. We don't know that that wasn't jordies pik
Jordie is a result.
This org turned Nick into dpoy candidate. I hope they get a large bigg. Let the rooks vie for a starting position. Build slow. Like okc. We have the coach.