The Brooklyn Nets brought in veterans Jared Dudley and Ed Davis in hopes of helping the team win games in the short-term while hastening the development of D’Angelo Russell and Jarrett Allen for the future.



Competing for the playoffs could help general manager Sean Marks sell the franchise to prospective free agents in the summer of 2019. However, if Dudley and Davis can help Russell and Allen this season, both players will have done their jobs even if they are traded at the deadline or move on after the season when their contracts expire.



A 33-year-old 11-year veteran who was acquired from the Suns last week, Dudley at his introduction in Brooklyn was already touching upon the area where Russell has faced criticism.



“Anytime you talk about Brooklyn, you think about obviously D’Angelo Russell and the talent he has being a lefty coming from the Lakers, I think that everyone knows his scoring ability,” Dudley said Wednesday.