The Brooklyn Nets have made a number of key moves in the offseason as they try to bounce back in the upcoming NBA campaign. It looks like they're not done yet, and it seems DeAndre Jordan's future in Brooklyn is anything but guaranteed at this point.
Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden are all good friends with Jordan, so Sean Marks' recent comments on the big man's availability in trade talks are probably not going to sit well with the Nets' Big 3:
“I think with all of our guys there’s always discussions,” the Nets general manager said when asked about Jordan, via Brian Lewis of the New York Post. “And whether that’s reported or whether it’s not reported, I don’t want to use the old cliché but it’s a credit to our players that they come up in conversations or talks.
“When you have a good team, a good roster, people are obviously going to make calls. And from a GM standpoint, if we’re not having calls around the league then none of us would be doing our job. That’s what we do. Whether the roster looks the same in a month or two I really don’t know. But as it stands now, DeAndre is certainly part of this roster, part of this team moving forward.”
Sean Marks all but admitted that the Nets are open to trading DeAndre Jordan. It looks like there are a couple of teams which have been sniffing around, and based on his comments above, Brooklyn might be willing to let the former All-Star big man go at the right price.
Jordan still has two years remaining on his current deal, and he's set to earn close to $20 million over the next couple of seasons. The 33-year-old is no longer the dominant force he once was, so at this point, the Nets might consider him to be a dispensable asset.
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