Overview

• Tsai said contending for a playoff spot this season is probably unrealistic and described the year as a rebuild.
• He highlighted that Brooklyn used five first-round selections in June: Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, Drake Powell, Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf.
• Tsai noted the team has one 2026 first-rounder and hopes to get a good pick, signaling a development-first focus.
• The league has typically frowned on public comments implying tanking, and any NBA response to Tsai’s remarks remains uncertain.
• After 32 and then 26 wins the past two seasons, bookmakers set the Nets’ 2025/26 over/under at 20.5 as GM Sean Marks traded veterans Dennis Schröder, Dorian Finney-Smith and Cameron Johnson.