In another indication that the Brooklyn Nets are trying to emulate the Oklahoma City Thunder, Acie Law, who directed the Oklahoma City’s highly successful scouting program the last four years, is coming to Brooklyn to be the team’s director of player personnel, essentially the top scout, Mike Scotto reports…
Law is moving from one full draft palate to another in the move from OKC to Brooklyn. The Thunder currently have 27 picks over the next seven years: 12 firsts and 15 seconds, second most in the NBA, while Brooklyn has a league-leading 32: 13 first and 15 seconds, which gives him significant experience in the management of an NBA club’s scouting apparatus. Until the Nets surpassed them this year, the Thunder has long been the team with the most draft assets in the NBA. That of course was critical to the Thunder’s title run this year.
He and the Thunder has also great success along the way, taking Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams. Holmgren was taken at No. 2 in 2022 while Williams, who was All-NBA this season, went at No. 12 in that same year. More recently, he took 6’6’ Serbian point guard Nikola Topic who had to sit out his rookie season last year but is viewed as a top young point guard prospect. He’s also viewed as one of Presti’s top front office aides.
In his four years at Sacramento, the Kings took Marvin Bagley III, Tyrese Haliburton, Davion Mitchell and Keegan Murray, among others.
As a player, Law spent time the Warriors (twice,) the Hawks, Bobcats, Bulls and Grizzlies in a four-year NBA career before heading overseas where he won two Euroleague titles and a Greek League championship, all with Olimpiacos.
The player personnel director title was left vacant last year. J.R. Holden was the last Nets executive to hold the title two years back.
