Nets notes: Brown's workload, the 2025 picks, rebounding and Demin
Mikel Brown Jr. remains on a 20-minute limit after his ankle injury and coach Jordi Fernandez says that will not change soon; the Nets also gave up 15 offensive rebounds and lost the second-chance battle 20-8.
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O Brooklyn está levando Mikel Brown Jr. com calma. Depois de uma lesão no tornozelo na pré-temporada, o armador novato tem limite de minutos; ele saiu do banco para 20 minutos na estreia, e o técnico Jordi Fernandez indicou que isso vai continuar.
“É assim até que a gente mude, e agora sabemos que a amostra vai ser muito maior”, disse Fernandez após o treino de sexta-feira. “Não é só ‘Ah, um jogo, ele está pronto’. … Quer dizer, se vocês pensarem bem, ele jogou (21 partidas na temporada passada). Esta temporada tem 82, certo? Ele vai jogar as 82? Não.”
Brown registrou outros 20 minutos contra o Cleveland no sábado, o que provavelmente significa um dia de descanso contra o Indiana. Ele pôde enfrentar Donovan Mitchell, ex-jogador de Louisville e seu mentor há vários anos. “Poucos garotos do ensino médio prestam atenção aos detalhes. Estou conversando com (Brown) como se estivesse falando com James Harden”, disse Mitchell. “Ele vai fazer coisas incríveis no Brooklyn.”
Drake Powell, Ben Saraf e Danny Wolf, os três escolhidos na primeira rodada de 2025, ficaram no banco durante a derrota para o Charlotte na noite de estreia; Fernandez quer continuidade na rotação, então o grupo de segundo ano deve esperar.
O rebote é o outro tema. O Nets cedeu 15 rebotes ofensivos ao Hornets e perdeu por 20 a 8 nos pontos de segunda chance. “Temos que impor nossa fisicalidade nessas coisas e bater primeiro”, disse Julius Randle. “Então vou dar o tom com isso.”
Egor Demin, 2 de 10 para quatro pontos naquele jogo, falou sobre contribuir quando o arremesso não cai. “As oportunidades estão aí, tudo me é dado, e eu só preciso conseguir executar no nível em que quero estar”, disse ele.
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