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Law Murray: The Brooklyn Nets report that Michael Porter Jr. will be available for Tuesday night vs Los Angeles Lakers. Porter missed the last two games, including a 53-point lashing in Detroit. Brooklyn also upgraded Noah Clowney (back) and Ziaire Williams (calf) to probable.
Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Ziaire Williams' injury: "Just a contusion. He won't be ready for tonight obviously but it's just day to day. The good thing is that it's nothing major, it's just not allowing him to play right now. Hopefully we'll have him back soon." #Nets #Nuggets #NBA
Sharif Phillips-Keaton: For tomorrow's game at the Grizzlies, the Nets say that Michael Porter Jr. is OUT due to rest. Ziaire Williams (illness) and rookie Drake Powell (left knee injury management) are also OUT. Rookie Ben Saraf is in the G League.
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After being benched (DNP-Coach’s Decision) for the final two games of 2025, Nets forward Ziaire Williams has returned to post perhaps his best three-game stretch of the season, putting up 13.7 points per game, on 57.1 percent shooting from the floor, hitting 7 of 13 3s and 10 of 11 free throws, while averaging three steals and one block. “I’m just staying ready, just being the hardest worker out there, doing what I do best on the defensive end, causing havoc, getting deflections and shooting when I’m open,” Williams said following Tuesday’s practice. “Whether you start or come off the bench, play 30 minutes, 10 minutes, it’s all the same game at the end of the day.
Brian Lewis: Ziaire Williams is probable for the #Nets tonight vs. Golden State with a right ankle sprain. The #Warriors are on the tail end of a back-to-back after losing to Toronto, but are expected to play their regulars. #GSW
It won’t be sure until the Nets take the court Friday — that is, if Ziaire Williams even plays vs. the 76ers. “It’s a very abstract question because I just talked to him and didn’t play him last game,” Fernández told The Post. “So if — whenever he has the next opportunity to play — he consistently does it, then we will see if I was successful or not. If not, it’s not on him; it’s on me to try to find ways for him to perform consistently. “Energy is not a subjective thing. … What we need is his ball pressure to be elite, his deflections to be elite, his pick-and-roll defense to be elite, his iso defense to be elite. … Last year, he was above average, one of the top players in the NBA. We need that to be the same or better because I know he can do it.”
Brian Lewis: Danny Wolf is out tomorrow with a Left Ankle Sprain. But Ziaire Williams has been removed from the #Nets injury report with his back injury. #nba
Ziaire Williams sustained a “small, very minor” back fracture in addition to a contusion after a hard fall during the Nets’ loss Sunday in San Antonio. And while he said he has recovered quickly, he knows he’ll likely have to keep playing through some pain even after returning. Williams will continue taking it day by day, and the key bench piece said his hope is to return Sunday when the Nets host the 76ers. “It locked up on me,” Williams told The Post on Thursday while at a Raising Cane’s event in Times Square to promote a 2,741-pound carved pumpkin. “… But it’s something that can’t get worse. So at this point, it’s just a pain tolerance thing, so as soon as the pain just goes down, it’s never gonna be perfect at least right now.
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In general, the best teams were featured in the T10 more often than the worst ones. But it’s noteworthy that the Charlotte Hornets (-9.1 Net Rating) can produce as many T10-worthy plays as the Oklahoma City Thunder (+12.7 Net Rating). The Hornets might not be good, but at least they’re fun. Call it LaMelo Ball’s Funhouse of Highlights. The Los Angeles Lakers were featured in the T10 more than any other team last season. I know I said star power and market size don’t dictate what makes the T10, but the Well, But LeBron Exception applies here. The Brooklyn Nets finished last season with just 18 appearances in the T10. But if you count all the times that Ziaire Williams and Nic Claxton were on the wrong end of a T10 poster dunk then their total would go up.
Keith Smith: As part of the process to complete their offseason moves, the Brooklyn Nets renounced FA rights for LaMarcus Aldridge, Wilson Chandler, Mike James, De'Anthony Melton, Dennis Smith Jr and Ziaire Williams. Brooklyn will re-sign Williams with either cap space or the Room Exception.
