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Only 84 players eligible for NBA awards
Justin Wilson: The NBA season finishes with 84 players eligible for awards. That's 15.7% of the league. Scottie Barnes and Jalen Wilson clinched today. So, there you have it.
Front Office Sports spoke to players on more than 10 NBA teams. Most pointed to a single teammate who educated them on the settlement and helped them file for their money. For the Lakers, it was Jarred Vanderbilt; for the Nets, it was Jalen Wilson, whose fellow Kansas alumni in the NBA also credited him for making sure they filed. “I got an email, so I checked my email, and once I found out, I told some of the guys in the locker room to check their email to see if they were eligible for it,” Vanderbilt tells FOS. Nets forward Noah Clowney was grateful Wilson made sure he did it. “Nobody checks their [messages] constantly,” Clowney says. “Especially not for stuff we don’t know that’s coming.” Vanderbilt played just one year at Kentucky and is halfway through a fully guaranteed four-year, $48 million extension. Per game, Vanderbilt earns roughly $146,000, and his House settlement figure isn’t likely to amount to anything more than a single game check paid out over 10 years. Still, Vanderbilt saw no excuse for not filing for it.
Erik Slater: D’Angelo Russell (right ankle soreness) is available tonight vs. Timberwolves. Jalen Wilson (right ankle soreness) is OUT.
Erik Slater: D’Angelo Russell (right ankle soreness) is probable for Nets tomorrow vs. Timberwolves. Jalen Wilson (right ankle soreness) is questionable. Cam Johnson (low back contusion), Ziaire Williams (rest), Noah Clowney (ankle sprain), and Day’Ron Sharpe (knee sprain) are OUT.
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Tyrese Martin, Jalen Wilson score 20 apiece in Nets win over Washington
Sharif Phillips-Keaton: At the final buzzer, the Nets beat the Wizards 115-112. Tyrese Martin had 20 points and 4 assists while Jalen Wilson had 20 points and 7 rebounds off the bench. Brooklyn trailed by as many as 17 points in this one, but this was the Nets executing down the stretch of a tough game.
The 6-foot-7 wing returned to the court Feb. 12, but made just five short cameos — until this past weekend. Maxwell Lewis got his chance, and aggressively seized it. “I was thinking, just catch and shoot, be ready. I’m so used to hesitating and putting the ball on the ground, just doing too much. And I felt like [keep it] short and simple, and I felt like I belong in the league. So it felt good to me,” Lewis said. “I just feel normal.” Lewis is out to prove he belongs. He’s younger than every Net other than Noah Clowney and Dariq Whitehead. He’s vying with young wings Jalen Wilson and Ziaire Williams, the latter a restricted free agent with a hefty qualifying offer of at least $7.98 million. Meanwhile, Lewis has team options of just $2.2 million and $2.4 million the next two years, with only $100,000 guaranteed for 2025-26.
His expanded production in Brooklyn’s offense has coincided with his increased role. On a night when he fell one rebound and two assists shy of what would have been the first triple-double of his career, Wilson delivered a blueprint for what his future contributions could resemble. “I know I can rebound,” Jalen Wilson said after the game, “and I just got to go out and do it. Obviously, not every game is going to be a high-rebound game, but just having the mindset to be aggressive on the boards is definitely something that I want to have always because it helps the team.”
The Nets will be raising Vince Carter’s jersey to the rafters before Saturday’s game against the Heat. On Thursday night, the Nets had a red-carpet premiere of “From Daytona Beach to Brooklyn,” a documentary film of Carter as part of the team’s “From ____ to Brooklyn” series. “I’ve just said hello to him like walking into the game,” Jalen Wilson added of the Nets legend. “Always just been good energy. And then last night going to the premiere of the documentary was really good to see him, just show him love and give him his flowers.”
Erik Slater: Nic Claxton (lower back injury management), Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle sprain) and Jalen Wilson (right calf tightness) are questionable tomorrow vs. Orlando. Dennis Schroder (personal reasons) is OUT.
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Brian Lewis: Jalen Wilson is questionable with calf tightness. #Nets
Nearly two-thirds of their offensive production in the season opener came from players 25 years old or younger. Get used to names like Jalen Wilson, Noah Clowney and Ziaire Williams, because if youth is being served in Brooklyn they’ll all play a part. “Yeah, they’re taking leaps,” Ben Simmons said of Brooklyn’s crop of youngsters. “I think just overall, their willingness to learn on the floor and just get to their spots and having that confidence to take the shots that they’re open with, and they’re just going to continue to grow and get better. I love their games.”
Erik Slater: Jalen Wilson is starting tonight and received very high praise from Jordi Fernandez: “J Will has been amazing. He had an amazing summer. Physically, he’s one of the best conditioned guys on our team… He deserves it… I’m excited to see how he performs now as a starter.” pic.x.com/kyPlulGBL8
The Nets brought in a rookie head coach this offseason in Jordi Fernandez. Fernandez is known for his defensive coaching abilities and player development, but as Brian Lewis of the New York Post writes in a subscriber-only article, he’s planning to increase the offensive tempo for his team. “I think the main part is playing fast, playing confident,” Jalen Wilson said of Fernandez’s coaching philosophy. “Not being out there settling and not being unsure of anything. But everything at full speed and understanding that you’ve got to attack in everything … whether it’s shooting, dribbling, finding the open teammate, running down the floor sprinting to the corner, those different things.”
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