The sign Nets wont make another move before trade deadline

As the trade deadline approaches, teams often get distracted.If anything, the Nets seem determined.Before the Nets’ Wednesday night’s debacle against the Wizards — their last before the deadline — they had won a season-high three consecutive games.But they ended up stumbling against the league’s sorriest team and failed to win a fourth straight, which would have been their longest streak since 2022-23, and came up woefully short.

And this in a season where they are tanking, where they have already traded away Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith while Cam Johnson, Day’Ron Sharpe and Nic Claxton are all linked to trade rumors.But all three suited up Wednesday and were available hours before the deadline, a telltale sign.Sources have told The Post that Brooklyn wasn’t and still isn’t shopping Johnson.While all situations are fluid around the deadline, another team was going to have to turn the Nets’ head with a last-minute offer because they weren’t making calls soliciting one.But Johnson’s name had constantly come up in rumors since the season started, and they only got louder when Schroder and Finney-Smith were shipped to the Warriors and Lakers, respectively.

At this point, blocking out the rumors has almost become old hat for Johnson, Sharpe, Claxton and the rest of the Nets.Schroder ended up with the Jazz as part of Wednesday’s Jimmy Butler trade.“I think our group has handled it great because if you think about it, our group has been involved in talks from the beginning, right?” coach Jordi Fernandez said.

“I think that’s the reason why they just kept working and keep competing.And these last few days [are] not different than whatever weeks ago when some trades happened.“So I think the fact we’ve been involved in things, it made [it] more like a normal thing for us.

And you saw it [Tuesday]; guys played hard, and I’m expecting our guys to play hard.Obviously, if somebody needs to talk to anyone or has questions or w...

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