The Brooklyn Nets have two of the last picks in the first round of the NBA Draft, and Cedric Coward and Maxime Raynaud could be steals.

Most expect UConn men’s basketball star Liam McNeeley to be selected in the middle of the first round during next week’s NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The Suns acquired Durant from the Brooklyn Nets in 2023. Phoenix lost to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2023 playoffs in six games, lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2024 playoffs in four games and missed the playoffs this year.

The Brooklyn Nets are poised to transform the NBA landscape with notable draft capital and ample salary cap space ahead of the 2025 offseason

NBA Draft just under two weeks away, the Nets' No. 8 pick could decide where they lean in free agency with Brooklyn's star scorer.