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The Brooklyn Nets are currently one of the worst basketball teams in the 2023-2024 NBA season. They have poorly underachieved, fired their head coach and botched the trade deadline. General Manager Sean Marks is responsible for this poorly constructed Nets roster and failed coaching staff. The Nets 2023-2024 roster is flawed but the team problems date back as early as three years ago. Sean Marks problems as General Manager began in January 2021, the year he traded multiple first round draft picks, future All Star Jarret Allen, role players Carris Levert and Taurean Prince for Super Stars James Harden. The future first round draft picks would go to the Houston Rockets, preventing the Nets from owning their own picks in the future. Just one year later, Sean Marks traded a disgruntled James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for former multi All Star Ben Simmons. Marks could have kept the Nets big 3 of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden in tact for the 2022 playoffs. He would liste...

The Chicago Bulls have begun their 2023-3024 season poorly. They have played 15 games, holding a 5-10 record. The team has struggled scoring the ball and playing defense in their 15 game sample size. A potential rebuild could potentially be in the works if their season continues to spiral. A recent report suggests the Bulls front office willingness to trade All Stars Zach Lavine and DeMar DeRozan. It is strongly believed that Lavine is unhappy playing for Chicago and is welcoming a trade to the Miami Heat. DeMar Rozan is in the final year of his 3 year contract with the Chicago Bulls. He will become a free agent during the Summer of 2024. A rebuild is looking like the best option for the Bulls, who finished last season with a 40-42 record. The Bulls were bad enough to miss the playoffs but good enough to make the Play In Tournament. A rebuild would allow the Bulls to reset, gain draft picks and develop young talent. The Bulls could also look into trading role players Patrick Williams, ...

The New York Mets have a core of players which goes back to 2019. A three-man core of outfielder Brandon Nimmo, first baseman Pete Alonso and utilityman Jeff McNeil. Shortstop Francisco Lindor would join this core in 2021. This Mets core has not accomplished anything. A deep dive look at this failed core could ignite a breakup. The New York Mets fell short of reaching the playoffs by 3 games in 2019. A disappointing ending but a sign of optism for the next season. They missed the expanded 16-team playoffs in 2020. A failed follow up season that would lead to the addition of Francisco Lindoe. The Mets missed the playoffs yet again after a post All-Star break collapse in 2021. An offseason full of changes would impact the next season. The Mets would finally make the playoffs in 2022. It would however be a quick first round exit after winning 101 regular season games. Fast forward to present day, the New York Mets are on track to miss the playoffs and finish with a losing record for the t...

The MLB trade deadline is getting closer. Teams are having tough decisions about buying and selling players. Some teams are expected to sell, while other teams remain undecided. Losing teams like the Oakaland A’s, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Pitsburg Pirates and Colorado Rockies are expected to be  sellers. These last place teams are far from contending in their respective divisions. They are also out of the mix from the final wild card spot. Middle of the pack teams like the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and LA Angels are on the fence about buying. It is uncertain what losing teams such as the Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox,  New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, St Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres plan to do. These seven sub 500, teams will have two weeks to determine their season’s fate. It is very possible that at least half of those teams are buyers due to being in subpar divisions. Fans of thse teams must ask which wi...

It is over two weeks since NBA free agency began. The Toronto Raptors are in the crossroads of deciding to contender or rebuild. The Raptors were rumored to be heading towards a rebuild during last season’s trade deadline. They would do the opposite of rebuilding, at the time. They would trade for big man Jakob Poeltl. To begin this years offseaon, the Toronto Raptors would lose All Star Fred Van Vleet to the Houston Rockets. They would replace Fred Van Vleet with Dennis Schroder. The Schroder signing would be considered as a step back from contending. They would also extend Jakob Poeltl with a multi year deal . All of this to say, the Raptors still want to compete. All Star Pascal Siakam is in the final year of his contract. Trade rumors are on going about Siakam’s future as a Raptor. He has yet to be extended and would be considered a trade rental. Siakam can help improve and re-establish any playoff contender. Will the Toronto Raptors listen to the Siakam trade offers? Will Siakam e...

The MLB trade deadline is less than 3 weeks away. Baseball teams often contemplate buying or selling at the deadline. They think of the pros of gaining assets or the pros of starting from scratch. A firesale is often the first step of a rebuilding process. In recent years MLB teams like the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds rebuilt and retooled their rosters. In the business of baseball, there is no salary cap. Teams can spend big money on big name players without fearing available cap space. As a result, rebuilds don’t last too long for baseball teams. However, thats not be always the case when analyzing the Washington Nationals. The Nationals were one of the best MLB teams of the 2010’s. They concluded that era by winning their first world series championship. They began the 2020’s era with a shortened 60 game losing season. That season was followed by a mid summer fire sale. Since the day of the sale, the Washington Nationals have been in a rebuilding mode. They show no signs of ...