The Brooklyn Nets are in the midst of their rebuild as they prepare for a 2026-27 NBA season in which they hope that they can win more games than they did last season. Brooklyn added former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle to the roster to give the team a better chance of winning games, but how good will the Nets be in the near future?
"Like the Grizzlies, the Nets rank near the top of both the draft and money categories," Zach Kram wrote of the Nets for ESPN. ESPN put together a list of all 30 NBA teams in terms of where they will be in the next three years for future power rankings and the Nets ranked 24th in the list mostly due to what the roster looks like now as opposed to the assets the team possesses.
"But beyond the frontcourt
pairing of Michael Porter Jr. and new Net Julius Randle, this is still a roster devoid of win-now talent, as Brooklyn is still primarily focused on the development of a half-dozen recent first-round picks," Kram continued on the Nets. "That timeline means it's hard to expect too many wins from this team in the near term."
According to ESPN, the Nets rank 21st in the NBA when it comes to their players score (46) which makes sense considering that Randle and forward Michael Porter Jr. are on the roster. However, Brooklyn is still looking to add more talent to the roster and the hope is that Porter and Randle can hasten the development of younger players on the team like Mikel Brown Jr. and Egor Demin.
The good news is that the Nets rank near the top of the league in terms of the draft and their salary cap situation so they should be able to make a big move happen in the near future. As of now, Brooklyn heads into a 2026-27 season where they are expected to be one of the worst teams in the league once again, but they still have some positive elements within their rebuild as well.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets rank 24th in ESPN's future NBA power rankings
