Who can Brooklyn target at No. 21 and No. 22?

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South Carolina forward Gregory “GG” Jackson II (23) attempts a shot past Tennessee guard Santiago Vescovi (25). / Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK

Entering the 2022-23 NBA season, the Nets looked like serious contenders in the Eastern Conference and a team with decent odds to make the NBA Finals. Then nearly everything went sideways.

Head coach Steve Nash was fired within the season’s first two weeks. Jacque Vaughn took over and righted the ship and had the Nets in the thick of the playoff race come February. But Kyrie Irving, who was suspended following an incident involving the promotion of an antisemitic film and a non-apology early in the season, was traded to the Dallas Mavericks after negotiations on a contract extension fell through. The Nets received Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and three picks.

Then Kevin Durant was dealt to the Phoenix Suns in a four-team deal that netted Brooklyn forwards Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, and six draft picks, including the Suns’ 2023 first-round pick.

The fully remade Nets finished the year 45-37 with the sixth seed in the East before they were swept out of the playoffs by Philadelphia.

This sets up Nets GM Sean Marks to work with the No. 21 (via Phoenix) and No. 22 overall selections in the 2023 NBA Draft. Here is who the early projections see coming to Brooklyn in the draft.

Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report

No. 21: PG/SG Jalen Hood-Schifino (Indiana)

Info: 19 years old, 6-foot-6, 215 pounds

Brooklyn could pair Dinwiddie with another wing-sized ball-handler in Hood-Schifino, whose NBA fanbase gradually grew with his budding flashes of pull-up shot-making and flashy passes. He’ll get looks earlier than this in the late lottery and teens.

No. 22: SF Bilal Coulibaly (Metropolitans 92)

Info: 18 years old, 6-foot-6, 230 pounds

With two first-round picks, the Nets could use one to swing for the fences on Coulibaly. The 18-year-old explosive leaper and shot-maker often popped next to Victor Wembanyama.

NBA G League Ignite forward Leonard Miller (11) controls the ball against Motor City Cruise forward Devontae Cacok (12). / Lucas…

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Publish date : 2023-05-20 18:10:20

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