2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season

2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season
Head coach	Kenny Atkinson
General manager	Sean Marks
Owners	Mikhail Prokhorov
Arena	Barclays Center
Results
Record	0–0
Place	Division: 0th (Atlantic) Conference: 0th (Eastern)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	YES Network WPIX
Radio	WFAN AM and FM

The 2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season will be the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 51st season overall, and its 6th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Draft picks

Main article: 2017 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	22	Jarrett Allen	Center	United States	Texas
2	57	Aleksandar Vezenkov	Power Forward	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona Lassa

The Nets would enter the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. The highest first round pick would be from the Washington Wizards, who acquired the pick alongside Andrew Nicholson and bringing back Marcus Thornton in exchange for Bojan Bogdanović and Chris McCullough. As for both their other first round pick and the second round pick they have, those would be had from their most infamous trade with the Boston Celtics for both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, while swapping first round picks this year (which was the #1 pick originally). For their own second round pick, though, they lost that pick to the Atlanta Hawks in order for them to acquire Joe Johnson. On June 20, two days before the 2017 NBA Draft began, Brooklyn would trade their 27th pick from Boston (which became power forward Kyle Kuzma from Utah University) alongside star center Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard D'Angelo Russell and champion center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, the Nets selected freshman center Jarrett Allen from University of Texas with the first round pick they acquired from Washington. Under his sole season there, Allen recorded averages of 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while making it to the All-Big 12 Third Team as a member of the Longhorns. They also selected the Bulgarian/Cypriot/Greek tri-citizen power forward Aleksandar Vezenkov, who previously last played in the FC Barcelona Lassa out in the Liga ACB in Spain. As a player who previously played for both the Barcelona Lassa and Aris Thessaloniki under the Greek Basket League, Vezenkov earned numerous honors out in both Greece and Spain, including being the Greek League's MVP back in 2015 and winning the Spanish Supercup the same year.

Roster

Brooklyn Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 4 Beekman, Reece (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2001-10-08 Virginia F 44 Bogdanović, Bojan  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1989-04-18 Croatia F/C 33 Claxton, Nic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-04-17 Georgia F 21 Clowney, Noah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2004-07-14 Alabama F 28 Finney-Smith, Dorian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993-05-04 Florida F 2 Johnson, Cameron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-03-03 North Carolina G 45 Johnson, Keon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-03-10 Tennessee F 16 Martin, Jaylen (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 2004-01-28 FSUS (FL) G 13 Martin, Tyrese (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-03-07 Connecticut G 8 Melton, De'Anthony  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-05-28 USC G 7 Milton, Shake 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-09-26 SMU F/C 20 Sharpe, Day'Ron  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 2001-11-06 North Carolina G/F 10 Simmons, Ben 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996-07-20 LSU G 24 Thomas, Cam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2001-10-13 LSU F 9 Watford, Trendon  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 2000-11-09 LSU F 0 Whitehead, Dariq 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2004-08-01 Duke F 1 Williams, Ziaire 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-09-12 Stanford F 22 Wilson, Jalen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2000-11-04 Kansas

Head coach Jordi Fernández Assistant coach(es) Travis Bader Deividas Dulkys Ryan Forehan-Kelly Dutch Gaitley Connor Griffin Jay Hernandez Steve Hetzel Juwan Howard Corey Vinson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: December 22, 2024

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Toronto Raptors	59	23	.720	–	34‍–‍7	25‍–‍16	12–4	82
x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	27‍–‍14	28‍–‍13	12–4	82
x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	30‍–‍11	22‍–‍19	9–7	82
New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	19‍–‍22	10‍–‍31	6–10	82
Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	15‍–‍26	13‍–‍28	1–15	82

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Toronto Raptors *	59	23	.720	–	82
2	x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	82
3	x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	82
4	y – Cleveland Cavaliers *	50	32	.610	9.0	82
5	x – Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	11.0	82
6	y – Miami Heat *	44	38	.537	15.0	82
7	x – Milwaukee Bucks	44	38	.537	15.0	82
8	x – Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	16.0	82
9	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	20.0	82
10	Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	23.0	82
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	82
12	Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	82
13	Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	32.0	82
14	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	34.0	82
15	Atlanta Hawks	24	58	.293	35.0	82

Transactions

Main article: List of 2017–18 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 20, 2017	To Brooklyn Nets D'Angelo Russell Timofey Mozgov	To Los Angeles Lakers Brook Lopez Draft rights to Kyle Kuzma (pick 27)
July 13, 2017	To Brooklyn Nets DeMarre Carroll 2018 first round pick 2018 second round pick	To Toronto Raptors Justin Hamilton

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New Team
Brook Lopez	Traded	Los Angeles Lakers
Justin Hamilton	Traded	Toronto Raptors

External links

• Official website