Thaddeus Young Trade Praised For Surge Of Nets, Brook Lopez

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Brooklyn Nets have played much better basketball since acquiring Thaddeus Young from the Minnesota Timberwolves at the deadline for Kevin Garnett.

Brook Lopez has particularly benefited from the addition of Young. The presence of Young has allowed Lopez to move around the paint and score on a combination of jumpers and floaters.

“Yeah, he has picked things up pretty easily,” Deron Williams said. “We’re still getting better, but he’s been a great addition to this team. There’s no doubt about that. He’s giving us a different dimension scoring the basketball and just energy-wise. He’s been great for us.”

Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News reports that Billy King had been working on the Garnett for Young trade all season.

Via Tim Bontemps/New York Post

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Thad could always ball, love his game.

[Pukovnik]

The whole Nets team is pretty good when they are healthy and addition of Young gave the whole team a huge lift. Brook, Deron Williams, Bogdanovic, Brown...they are all playing better basketball and the result is they are currently seventh with good chances of making it to the playoffs. They won't have too much chances against the Cavs, but at least this overpaid roster can slightly justify a huge wage bill by at least going to the playoffs.