The Nets aren't slated to have real cap space until 2016, according to. Those near-unworkable finances become instantly malleable following this trade. A potential bright spot in an otherwise forlorn season.Ĭaught between vanishing title hopes and inflexible finances, Brooklyn should bask in any interest, any hope it can generate. Simple fact is, Lin and Asik can bring the Nets further this season than a fragile Williams can.īringing Lin back to the city where it all started (New York) is quite the marketing ploy. Lin can be that pick-and-roll, drive-and-kick-inclined point man a hobbled Williams just can't. Williams' injuries don't allow him to attack the rim and create for others off dribble penetration the way he used to. Lin can shoot threes efficiently now, paving the way for Pierce and Garnett kick-outs, giving Brooklyn an efficient outside weapon it simply doesn't have.Īccording to Synergy Sports (subscription required), Lin also ranks as a more efficient pick-and-roll ball-handler than Williams-by 29 spots. This deal could inject some life into these seemingly checked-out veterans. If they balk at the opportunity to play alongside a point guard dwarfing Williams' production who also comes with low-post relief, then they deserve to miss the playoffs. So what if, as Youngmisuk explains, Pierce and Garnett became Nets to play with Williams? They also thought they'd be contending for a title next to a healthy D-Will. At least the former is younger and operating on more reliable ankles. Lin won't make the Nets a championship team, but neither does D-Will. Skeptics can point to Williams' All-Star appearances and argue he's the key to turning Brooklyn around. And as some are indubitably asking: Why would they? The Nets balked because one of the main reasons Pierce and Garnett agreed to a trade to Brooklyn was to play with Williams, according to the source.īleacher Report's Howard Beck confirmed the report, parroting that talks never gained traction. Talks never gained any steam, but the source said the Rockets were doing their due diligence and Williams' name came up. That's what the Nets are-disastrously expensive, haplessly roaming a tarred and feathered Eastern Conference, searching for something to cure their snakebitten roster.Īccording to ESPN New York's Ohm Youngmisuk, the Rockets phoned Brooklyn about trading Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik in a deal for Deron Williams:Īccording to a league source, the Rockets had preliminary talks with the Nets last week about Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin. Opportunities to disentangle one's self from a pratfall so disastrously expensive it boggles the mind don't come around very often. Remedying the Brooklyn Nets' present and future outlook starts with the Houston Rockets.
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