Today’s Team: Brooklyn Nets
| Team Roster | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | Pos | Age | Height | Weight | College | 2015-2016 Salary |
| 9 | Andrea Bargnani | C | 29 | 7-0 | 245 | $1,362,897 | |
| 6 | Ryan Boatright | PG | 22 | 5-11 | 175 | Connecticut | |
| 44 | Bojan Bogdanovic | SG | 26 | 6-8 | 216 | $3,425,510 | |
| 22 | Markel Brown | SG | 23 | 6-3 | 190 | Oklahoma State | $845,059 |
| 54 | Chris Daniels | C | 31 | 7-0 | 265 | ||
| 21 | Wayne Ellington | SG | 27 | 6-4 | 200 | North Carolina | $1,500,000 |
| 35 | Justin Harper | PF | 26 | 6-10 | 225 | Richmond | |
| 24 | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | SF | 20 | 6-7 | 220 | Arizona | $1,335,480 |
| 2 | Jarrett Jack | PG | 31 | 6-3 | 200 | Georgia Tech | $6,300,000 |
| 7 | Joe Johnson | SF | 34 | 6-7 | 240 | Arkansas | $24,894,863 |
| 31 | Dahntay Jones | SG | 34 | 6-6 | 225 | Duke | |
| 10 | Sergey Karasev | SG | 21 | 6-7 | 208 | $1,599,840 | |
| 0 | Shane Larkin | PG | 23 | 5-11 | 175 | Miami (FL) | $1,500,000 |
| 11 | Brook Lopez | C | 27 | 7-0 | 275 | Stanford | $19,689,000 |
| 1 | Chris McCullough | PF | 20 | 6-11 | 200 | Syracuse | $1,140,240 |
| 20 | Quincy Miller | PF | 22 | 6-9 | 210 | Baylor | $981,348 |
| 33 | Willie Reed | PF | 25 | 6-10 | 220 | Saint Louis | $947,276 |
| 41 | Thomas Robinson | PF | 24 | 6-10 | 237 | Kansas | $981,348 |
| 15 | Donald Sloan | PG | 27 | 6-3 | 205 | Texas A&M | $947,276 |
| 30 | Thaddeus Young | SF | 27 | 6-8 | 221 | Georgia Tech | $11,235,955 |
Who’s gone: Deron Williams, Mason Plumlee
Who’s new: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Andrea Bargnani, Thomas Robinson, Shane Larkin, Steve Blake, Dahntay Jones
Offseason review: The Nets are in a sticky spot. Without any financial flexibility and possibly without any of their own draft picks looking into the near future, their priority became shedding money. They bought out Williams, which sent them under the luxury tax for the first time in years. They’ll still compete in the weak East because they brought back Thaddeus Young and Brook Lopez, but because of their offseason strategy, they could be in for a worse year than the one they had in 2014-15.
Grade: C+
2014-15 season outlook: This all depends on the health of Lopez, who has had foot issues in the past. If he can play anywhere close to 82 games at the level he finished last year, Brooklyn has a shot to get into the playoffs again. If he gets hurt, as he’s done during two of the past four seasons, then the Nets don’t really have anywhere else to turn and could plummet to the bottom of the conference.
Prediction: 11th Eastern Conference
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