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Ten NBA Teams Philadelphia 76ers Potential Trade Partners For Jahlil Okafor

Feb 17, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; U.S. Team center Jahlil Okafor of the Philadelphia 76ers (8) drives to the basket World Team guard Alex Abrines of the Oklahoma City Thunder (8) during the Rising Stars Challenge at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 17, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; U.S. Team center Jahlil Okafor of the Philadelphia 76ers (8) drives to the basket World Team guard Alex Abrines of the Oklahoma City Thunder (8) during the Rising Stars Challenge at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
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Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are a potential destination if the team manages to trade center Brook Lopez. And for the record, the Nets current draft situation necessitates taking some extreme chances this offseason.

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    • The team rolled heavy on the dice when they traded forward Thaddeus Young to the Indiana Pacers for rookie guard Caris LeVert and a second round pick. The team signed guard Jeremy Lin, forward Trevor Booker, forward Anthony Bennett, Levert, and guard Randy Foye. The team had modest results from Lin and Booker. Modest in that both generated good stats, but only twenty victories for the team.

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    This season, the Nets will surrender a significant 2017 NBA Draft pick to the Boston Celtics via a draft swap.  But in return, the team gets the Celtics first and second round picks.

    The team has also landed the Wizards first round pick. Right now, those picks are not lottery picks, so they fall at 22, 27 and 57.

    However, the team could trade Brook Lopez this offseason.  That should yield a lottery pick.  The only problem? How to fill the center position in a draft without centers.  The answer is obvious to a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers.  Pair two late first round picks for Jahlil Okafor, spend the lottery pick on another solid player, and begin the rebuild.  Will the Nets trade Lopez?  I cannot say, but if they get close, watch for them to move to  Okafor.