Brooklyn Nets

BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Nets have signed guard Keon Johnson to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. 

Johnson (6’4”, 185) has appeared in 77 games (12 starts) over two seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers (2021-22) and Portland Trail Blazers (2022-23), recording career averages of 5.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 14.4 minutes per contest. Most recently, Johnson played in five preseason games for the Phoenix Suns and averaged 4.6 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists across 13.7 minutes per game prior to being waived on Oct. 23. The 21-year-old spent part of the 2021-22 season with the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League, notching averages of 15.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 blocks over 31.1 minutes per game in seven regular season contests (all starts). Johnson also appeared in nine Showcase Cup games with Ontario, where he averaged 15.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals in 30.4 minutes per game. The Shelbyville, Tenn., native was selected 21st overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks before his draft rights were traded to the Clippers. Johnson spent one year (2020-21) at the University of Tennessee, where he earned SEC All-Freshman Team accolades.

Brooklyn’s roster now stands at 18 players.

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Brooklyn Nets Sign Keon Johnson to Two-Way Contract

BROOKLYN (Oct. 26, 2023) –&nbsp;The Brooklyn Nets have exercised the fourth-year team options for center Day’Ron Sharpe and guard Cam Thomas.

Sharpe appeared in 48 games (three starts) during the 2022-23 season and averaged 4.7 points and 4.2 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game. The 21-year-old also played in two contests as a reserve during the 2023 postseason, registering averages of 3.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 9.8 minutes per game. Over his first two seasons (2021-23), Sharpe posted the highest offensive rebound percentage in the NBA among players to average at least 10.0 minutes per contest (21.7 percent). Across 81 career games (11 starts), Sharpe holds averages of 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per game. The third-year pro has also played in 18 regular season games (16 starts) over two seasons with the Long Island Nets, Brooklyn’s NBA G League affiliate, where he recorded averages of 17.1 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 blocks across 28.4 minutes per contest. The University of North Carolina product earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors in his lone season with the Tar Heels and was selected with the 29th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft by Phoenix before his draft rights were acquired by Brooklyn on Aug. 6, 2021.

Thomas played in 57 games (four starts) last season, averaging 10.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 16.6 minutes per contest. The Chesapeake, Va., native saw action in two 2023 postseason games and averaged 3.0 points over 7.8 minutes per game. The 22-year-old scored 40-plus points in a team-high four games in 2022-23, including a stretch of three straight contests with 40 or more points in early February. Thomas became the youngest player in NBA history to tally 40 or more points in three consecutive games and was one of just three players in the league to notch three straight 40-point outings last season, joining Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Phoenix’s Devin Booker. Over his four starts last season, Thomas averaged 39.0 points in 38.4 minutes per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the floor, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 94.2 percent from the free-throw line. Most recently, he recorded a game-high 36 points in Brooklyn’s season opener versus Cleveland on Oct. 25 at Barclays Center, scoring the most points for a player off the bench in a season opening game in NBA history. In 125 career games (six starts), Thomas holds averages of 9.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 17.2 minutes per game. He spent one season at Louisiana State University, where he was an All-SEC First Team honoree prior to being drafted 27th&nbsp;overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Nets Exercise Team Options on Day'Ron Sharpe and Cam Thomas

BROOKLYN –&nbsp;The Brooklyn Nets&nbsp;announced their training camp roster of 18 players today. Training camp will begin in Brooklyn at HSS Training Center from Tuesday, Oct. 3, through Friday, Oct. 6, and finish at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, ahead of the Nets’ preseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The full training camp roster is as follows:

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Brooklyn Nets Announce Training Camp Roster

BROOKLYN –&nbsp;The Brooklyn Nets&nbsp;have signed free agent forward/center Harry Giles III. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.

Giles III (6’10”, 229) has logged 142 career games (17 starts) over three NBA seasons with the Sacramento Kings (2018-20) and Portland Trail Blazers (2020-21). He holds career averages of 5.9 points on 51.1 percent shooting from the floor, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists across 12.9 minutes per contest. He also made his lone career playoff appearance in 2021 with Portland during a first round series against Denver. The 25-year-old most recently played in three NBA G League Showcase Cup games in 2021 for the Ontario Clippers, averaging 11.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks in 19.4 minutes per game. Giles III was originally selected by the Trail Blazers with the 20th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft before being traded to the Kings on draft night. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native played in 26 games (six starts) during one season (2016-17) at Duke University, where he averaged 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per contest and helped lead the Blue Devils to an ACC Tournament Championship.

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Brooklyn Nets Sign Harry Giles III

BROOKLYN –&nbsp;The Brooklyn Nets&nbsp;have announced their 2023-24 regular season schedule, presented by Ticketmaster. Brooklyn will host Cleveland on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Barclays Center to tip off the new season.

The Nets’ regular season schedule currently features 80 games, with two additional December games yet to be scheduled based on standings in the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament.

Brooklyn’s schedule is highlighted by the NBA Paris Game 2024, a regular season contest that the Nets will play against Cleveland at the Accor Arena in Paris on Thursday, Jan. 11. The Nets’ slate also features a holiday game versus Miami on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Barclays Center.

This season, 17 of Brooklyn’s 40 home games will be played on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and the Nets will host four afternoon contests at Barclays Center.

The team will be featured on national television 11 times, with three games on ESPN, two games on TNT and six games on NBA TV.

Brooklyn’s longest homestands at Barclays Center will span five games on three separate occasions throughout the regular season.

The Nets’ longest road trip will span six games, beginning on Thursday, March 7, at Detroit and ending on Sunday, March 17, against San Antonio in Austin, Texas.

Brooklyn’s schedule also includes 14 back-to-back sets.

YES Network will serve as the exclusive regional broadcast home for Nets basketball for the 22nd consecutive season.

Brooklyn Nets season ticket memberships and single game tickets for home games at Barclays Center are on sale now. To learn more and view options, visit&nbsp;brooklynnets.com. Other ticketing options, such as group tickets and mini plans, will go on sale at a later date.

The full Nets’ 2023-24 schedule can be found at&nbsp;brooklynnets.com/schedule.

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Brooklyn Nets Announce 2023-24 Season Schedule

BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Nets have announced their Group Play schedule for the NBA In-Season Tournament. Brooklyn’s 2023-24 regular season schedule, presented by Ticketmaster, features four Group Play games as a part of the NBA’s new annual competition for all 30 teams. The Nets tip off Group Play on the road on Friday, Nov. 3, at Chicago and will play their second contest at Boston on the following Friday, Nov. 10. Brooklyn will then host Group Play matchups at Barclays Center on Tuesday, Nov. 14, versus Orlando and Tuesday, Nov. 28, against Toronto.

The inaugural In-Season Tournament begins with Group Play on Friday, Nov. 3, in NBA team markets and culminates with the Semifinals on Thursday, Dec. 7, and Championship on Saturday, Dec. 9, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Following Group Play, eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds, beginning Monday, Dec. 4, and consisting of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship.&nbsp;

The 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular season games on Wednesday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 8. The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular season game on Dec. 8.

Brooklyn Nets season ticket memberships and single-game tickets for the In-Season Tournament home games at Barclays Center are on sale now. To learn more and view options, visit brooklynnets.com.

YES Network will serve as the exclusive regional broadcast home for Nets basketball for the 22nd consecutive season. Brooklyn’s Group Play game on Friday, Nov. 10, at Boston will also be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Brooklyn’s full In-Season Tournament Group Play schedule is listed below:

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Brooklyn Nets Announce In-Season Tournament Group Play Schedule

BROOKLYN –&nbsp;The Brooklyn Nets have requested waivers on forward RaiQuan Gray.

Gray was selected 59th overall by Brooklyn in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native signed a two-way deal with the Nets on April 8, 2023. Gray tallied 16 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and a block in 35 minutes in his lone game with Brooklyn on April 9, 2023, against the Philadelphia 76ers. In 44 career NBA G League games (22 starts) with the Long Island Nets, Gray holds averages of 10.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals across 25.8 minutes per contest.

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Brooklyn Nets Waive RaiQuan Gray

BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Nets have signed free agent forward Darius Bazley. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.

Bazley (6’9”, 216) appeared in 43 games (one start) in 2022-23 split between the Oklahoma City Thunder (36 games) and Phoenix Suns (seven games), averaging 5.2 points on a career-high 45.4 percent shooting from the field and a career-high 37.7 percent shooting from 3-point range and 3.2 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game. Across four NBA seasons with the Thunder (2019-23) and Suns (2023), the 23-year-old Bazley has played in 228 career games (118 starts) and holds averages of 9.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 23.6 minutes per game while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor, 31.0 percent from distance and 67.3 percent from the free-throw line. He also competed in seven playoff games as a reserve during the 2020 postseason for Oklahoma City and posted averages of 6.6 points and 6.7 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per game while shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 90.0 percent from the free-throw line. The Cincinnati native was selected with the 23rd overall pick in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz before his draft rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies and then to the Thunder. Bazley earned a selection in the 2018 McDonald’s All-American game and was five-star recruit out of Princeton High School in Ohio. After graduating, Bazley spent one year participating in an internship with New Balance while training for the NBA Draft.