The Nets now own five first rounders in the 2025 Draft.
Sean Marks now has made trades in nine of the 10 drafts as Brooklyn Nets GM.
On Tuesday evening, the Nets wound up with Terrance Mann and the 22nd pick in the 2025 NBA Draft for helping to facility a three-team deal that will send Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks and Georges Niang. The two other teams also exchanged second rounders. No word on what the Nets contributed other than cap space.
At the moment, Brooklyn holds six draft picks in Wednesday’s draft at Barclays Center, the eighth, 19th, 22nd, 26th and 27th picks in the first round and the 36th in the second round,, easily the most in the draft. How many of the picks will they “roster” remains a mystery. The team has multiple options: keeping all six which is the most unlikely option, as well as consolidating them in another move that could get them a higher pick Wednesday, perhaps stashing one overseas.
Shams Charania had the news first…
BREAKING: Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a three-team trade that sends Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Hawks, Terance Mann and Atlanta’s No. 22 pick to the Nets, and Georges Niang and a second-rounder to the Celtics. pic.twitter.com/1fcbIslyVF
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 24, 2025
Yossi Gozlan reported the Nets used $19 million of their cap space to make the deal work but still has plenty more…
The Brooklyn Nets will use $19 million in cap space to acquire Terance Mann and the 22nd pick.
They still project to generate between $43-50 million in cap space while being able to re-sign Cam Thomas.
I have to imagine they have trade-up opportunities. 5 firsts is madness. pic.twitter.com/KAvRAmWA5X
— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 24, 2025
Adding to the unlikelihood is the salary requirements of having five first rounders on the roster. Should the Nets keep all five firsts, it would cost them $19.7 million in guaranteed salary next season.
Mann, 28, is a veteran 3-and-D player, a 6’7” small forward who has a reputation for solid defense and high BBIQ. He’s owed $47 million over next three years.
He averaged 7.7 points on 50/37/69 shooting splits along with 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Clippers and Hawks last season. Mann responded this way to the news by noting he was born in Brooklyn but grew up in Massachusetts.
Michael Scotto of Hoopshype reports that the Nets have long “coveted” Mann…
The Brooklyn Nets have coveted Terance Mann in the past and get the No. 22 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft to help facilitate the Kristaps Porzingis trade from the Boston Celtics to the Atlanta Hawks. Brooklyn now has five first-round picks (8, 19, 22, 26, 27) and the 36th pick https://t.co/fxd21LVLxr
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 24, 2025
This story will be updated.
- Sources: Celtics to send Porzingis to Hawks in 3-team deal – Tim Bontemps – ESPN
- Hawks finalizing three-team trade to acquire Kristaps Porzingis in NBA blockbuster – Andrew Battifarano – New York Post
- Celtics, Hawks, Nets finalizing 3-team trade involving Kristaps Porziņģis: Source – The Athletic