Ben Simmons’ name comes up in talks between Nets and Western Conference team

The Brooklyn Nets are on the market for a shooter and in the talks with a Western Conference team the name of Ben Simmons came up.

Per SNY, Just which players Udoka will be coaching is an open question at this point. GM Sean Marks said on Tuesday that the current roster needs an upgrade.

“I’ll be the first to tell you, there’s certainly holes (in our roster). We’re not a finished product,” Marks said. “We’re not playing up to our expectations, the way we should be.”

So you can expect the Nets to pursue trade opportunities ahead of the February deadline. In the days before Saturday’s brutal loss to the Indiana Pacers, the Nets had been in cursory talks with one Western Conference team about a deal that would return a veteran shooter, per SNY sources.

Ben Simmons‘ name came up in the talks, sources say.

It’s unclear if talks advanced past the cursory stage, but Brooklyn was said to be aggressive in its pursuit of perimeter shooting.

And that was before the club fired Nash. So it’s reasonable to expect the team to take an aggressive approach in the trade market.