“I think there’s some belief that Darius Garland might be available under the right circumstances… I think the Cavs are listening and open minded,” – @WindhorstESPN.

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The Brooklyn Nets are heading into this offseason with the chance to make some significant changes to a roster that finished the 2024-25 NBA season with a 26-56 record. Brooklyn has five picks to use in the upcoming 2025 Draft along with the most cap space in the league, but there may be opportunities for them in the trade market.

“I think there’s some belief that Darius Garland might be available under the right circumstances,” ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said during his appearance on ESPN Cleveland radio earlier this month when discussing what moves the Cleveland Cavaliers could make this summer. The Cavaliers are coming off the second-best season in franchise history (64-18), but still lost in the second round of the playoffs are could be looking for answers.

“I don’t think Darius Garland wants to go anywhere. I think Darius Garland is very happy with how things have developed in Cleveland,” Windhorst continued. “He really likes it, he really likes the role that he’s got, but I think the Cavs are listening and open-minded without actively trying to change their roster.”

It’s no secret that the Nets are still looking for their point guard of the future ever since they traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks during the 2022-23 season. Garland, 25, could fill that void for Brooklyn as he is coming off a season in which he averaged 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game while shooting 47.2% from the field and 40.1% from three-point land.

What could make the Nets trading for Garland complicated is the fact that he has three years and almost $127 million left on his deal as part of his extension that he signed in July of 2022. On the bright side, Garland is a two-time All-Star who has averaged 18.9 points and 6.7 assists per game since coming into the league as the fifth overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft out of Vanderbilt.