However, the trade market isn't the only place to watch for Nets players. Point guard Ben Simmons is a player to watch on the buyout market, per Evan Sidery of Forbes. Simmons has taken over the starting job at the one after Dennis Schroder was traded to the Golden State Warriors.

The Nets seemed to feed on his fire, and had four assists in a 19-6 run to close the half. Simmons started it with a no-look pass to a cutting Day’Ron Sharpe and ended it with a kick-out to Clowney for a 3-pointer.

The Nets were playing well at the start of this season, too well. For a team that had shipped away Mikal Bridges in the summer, receiving a haul of first-round picks in the process, the expectation was that Brooklyn would be cellar dwellers for most of the 2024-25 season.

The Nets' offense has plummeted to the bottom of the NBA since their decision to remove Dennis Schroder from the equation.

Nobody at HSS Training Center is deluding themselves as to the big picture. The tank was on the minute the Nets traded Mikal Bridges to their archrivals and reacquired their first-round draft picks in the next two offseasons. And dealing away Dennis Schröder last weekend just accelerated the process.

Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons is on an expiring deal and while his trade value is not particularly high, could other teams be interested in him?

Ben Simmons is attempting to revitalize himself as the Nets' lead ball-handler following the team's Dennis Schroder trade.

Simmons is still getting into a groove, especially now that Dennis Schroder has been traded. This means Simmons will have the ball in his hands more often, and that puts him in a