Danny Wolf And Noah Clowney Continue BREAKOUTS But Brooklyn Nets OUT-TANK Jazz | A SIGNIFICANT Loss?

Danny Wolf And Noah Clowney Continue BREAKOUTS But Brooklyn Nets OUT-TANK Jazz | A SIGNIFICANT Loss?

On today’s show, Noah Clowney and Danny Wolf nearly carry the Nets to their third straight win, but Brooklyn collapses in the fourth quarter against the Jazz. But I’ll outline why this loss should leave Nets fans encouraged moving forward right now. [Music] You are Locked on Nets, your daily Brooklyn Nets podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome in to Locked on Nets right here on the Locked On Network. Now the number one sports podcast network. It’s your team, the Brooklyn Nets, every single day. I’m Eric Slater, Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for clutchoints.com. Thank you for making me your first listen of the day. The show is 100% free on all those great platforms. Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit FanDuel.com and place your NFL live bets all season long. And on today’s episode, I’m going to be recapping the Nets 123 110 loss to the Utah Jazz on Thursday at Barclay Center. And this is a game that there was some anticipation even with it being a back-toback. The Nets were coming off back-to-back wins. First time this season with wins over the Hornets and the Bulls. They looked really good in both those games. They’ve been playing basket as of late. They’re coming in against a seven and 13 Jazz team that like isn’t atrocious, but they’re obviously bad. And you think, could the Nets win three straight games? Is this tank in trouble? There’s all those questions. And the Nets, even with them holding out MPJ in this game, giving him the night off for rest and Drake Pal also getting the night off for rest. The Nets looked like they were going to win this game. I mean, Noah Clowny and Danny Wolf were balling early in this game. Zire Williams had his best game of the season. And the Nets are up nine entering the fourth quarter. And then some decisions were made. There were some pretty clear uh rotation decisions that I think, you know, played off of the fact that MPJ was out in the goal of the Nets in this game during a tanking season. You know, the Nets closed with Ben Saraf in this one at point guard. I mean, Jorman wasn’t playing well and he apparently had some kind of upper respiratory issue entering the game, but closing with Saraf, that’s a decision. Nick Claxton doesn’t come in until less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter. And the Nets just completely collapse down the stretch and the Jazz score 42 points in the fourth quarter. They go six of eight from three in the final frame. Lorie Markin finishes with 28 points. Kee George, Bryce Sensible, all those guys start going off down the stretch and the Nets really couldn’t get anything going offensively because they held MPJ out. they had a lot of rookies playing down the stretch and it just didn’t seem like a game where winning was the number one priority at least from the way that they operated, you know, in terms of the guys they held out in terms of the rotation throughout the night. And that is, you know, interesting and that’s very noteworthy because I had a conversation yesterday after the Bulls with Lucas Kaplan on the pod about how committed are the Nets going to be to the tank moving forward because even with them being, you know, five and 19 entering this game, they were dropped to fifth place in the draft lottery standings. They had won two straight. They’re playing much better basketball of late following that 0 and7 start. And you know, there were a lot of questions. I mean, with MPJ playing the way that he was playing, the soft schedule the Nets had coming up, was the tank in trouble? How, you know, willing would the Nets be to do some things to try to maximize this tank that they didn’t do early in the season last year? And I said that I wouldn’t be sounding the panic alarm yet if I were Nets fans because the Nets have shown signs that they are committed to this tank early on with how they operated this off season bringing in no veteran point guards, you know, only having rookie point guards and then also they held out MPJ for a pair of games recently. They sat on a backto-back. So, I said not to sound the panic alarm. And I think that this game was further confirmation that the Nets are committed to this tank this season, more so than they were last season, especially at this early juncture because, as I said, you know, they hel they held out MPJ in this one. That’s a clear tanking sign. They said lower back injury management. We talked to Jordy Fernandez about it before the game and he said, you know, like Mike had that lower back soreness before, you know, they didn’t want to play him on the back to back. They’re being precautious, like all that. And like, you know, take that for what it’s worth. But like this was a tanky move. Like MPJ is playing out of his mind lately. And I think I’m pretty confident in saying that if MPJ plays in this game, the Nets win. So that along with some of the way that some of the ways that Jordy Fernandez has handled the rotations, I think you’re seeing some more alignment now, you know, at this point in the season than we saw earlier in the year where the Nets are really doing everything they can to win some of these games. And that’s not to say that Jordi Fernandez isn’t like coaching guys hard and wants the most out of them. like he was upset after this win, but the rotation decisions down the stretch, I think, pretty clearly indicated indicated that this was a game where there was some tanking urgency. And you know, if you’re a Nets fan that’s in support of the tank, and that seems like a lot of Nets fans at this point, like you should look at this as a positive because this is something that the Nets were not willing to do last season. I mean, you look at some of the ways that they operated. Like in a game like this, it was the Jazz who were out tanking the Nets. And this year, it’s the other way around. and the Nets are holding their top player out while the Jazz are playing a guy like Lorie Markin and whoever else you want to say. So I think Nets fans can take some solace in the fact that you know they are trying to do some more things to maximize this tank and ultimately like this game this is pretty optimal I think if you’re a Nets fan who’s in support of the tank of how you want it to play out because the Nets were leading early they were playing well you have multiple young players who are showing you know a ton of promise and continue to in this game and then ultimately they show some rookie struggles down the stretch and they end up collapsing but like that’s a game script that shouldn’t be viewed as a negative for the Nets this season ultimately because you know they have a lot of guys who are showing progress and they get a loss against a fellow tanking team and ultimately what is this season about I’ve said it’s about two things and that’s draft position and rookie development and the Nets in this game I think they showed both of those things in terms of several young players showing promise and improving you know the tank and the draft lottery odds and all that. But who are those young players who showed promise? I want to focus in on two and it’s Noah Clowny and Danny Wolf because both of those guys were balling in this game. They’ve been balling as of late and they just continue to. Noah Clowney in this game, I mean, 29 points, four rebounds, three assists, three turnovers, eight of 15 from the field, three of six from three, and 10 of 12 from the free throw line. And this is a game where Noah Clowney has a role change with MPJ playing with MPJ out of the lineup. Noah is going to MPJ’s spot in the offense. I talked to him about that after the game and he’s, you know, the the Net’s number one option in this game, and he’s been that in several games as of late when MPJ has missed. And Noah thrives in this one. I mean, I said 29 points. He sets a careerhigh in free throws attempted and free throws made at 10 of 12 from the line. He continues to shoot well from three. The driving ability continues to look much improved. And this is just I tweeted out during the game, but this is an offensive leap that I frankly did not see coming from Noah Clowny. I mean, over his last seven games, Noah is averaging 17 points. He’s shooting 57% on twos after he shot 41% from two last season. So the driving ability, the things he’s able to do there is just night and day. I mean, there’s plays in this game where he’s bullying guys to the rim, he’s going to euros, he’s going to dels, he’s, you know, has soft touch off the glass. Just all that looks so much improved. And then the three-point shooting, which was a concern even when Noah started to play a little bit better. It’s really come around over these last 17 games. Noah’s shooting 40% from three on seven attempts per game. So he looks every bit the high level floor spacer that the Nets have thought that he can be. And then the free throw and the the free throw volume and the foul drawing. I mean, I said Noah 10 of 12 from the free throw line in this game. Those are both careerh highs and he’s attempting five free throws per game uh during this 17 game stretch and he’s making 82%. So, you know, the foul drawing ability I think is a major positive because if you look at Noah, his ability to shoot threes as he’s been doing as some ancillary driving and ball handling ability and then his ability to get to the free throw line, that is a major positive because two of the highest I mean, you look at like the high percentage shots that all NBA teams are striving for now, it’s open threes, shots at the rim, and free throws. And Noah is getting all of those in droves right now. So, it is just a major positive and it’s, you know, an improvement and a leap that I frankly didn’t see him making. I mean, he is playing at such a high level right now that it’s really, you know, at least offensively that it’s really taken me by surprise. I mean, I always thought that Noah had potential, but the rap the rapid rate that he’s improved at and what we’ve seen this season compared to last, it’s been pretty crazy. And I talked to Nick Claxton in the locker room about it after the game and you know I asked him if this has surprised any of the Nets, how well that Noah’s been playing offensively and the leap he’s made and Clax said no. And he said that you know they saw him put in the work over the offseason. I spoke in the offseason about the weight and the size that Noah had put on, the strength and Clack said that the slow start that Noah had and the struggles that he had over those first four or five games that that was actually more surprising. So Noah continues to look like a player who, you know, I’m not going to say star potential because I still do think that he has some limitations to his game, but at the end of the day, I mean, he’s 21 years old and the offensive strides that he’s making, you know, he’s improving at such a rapid rate that you really don’t want to put a ceiling on it. And for a player who entering this season, there were major questions about, you know, what would he be able to do offensively, if anything, outside of three-point shooting, and was that three-point shooting even that much of a strength? I think how how this has gone in the early going. I don’t think Nets fans could be asking for much of a better outcome than what Noah Clowney has shown offensively. And then defensively, there’s obviously been questions about it, but he comes in today, he blocks two shots. He looked like a real deterrent at the rim early on. And then obviously Utah gets hot down the stretch with the Nets turning the ball over and some of their offensive struggles outside of Noah. But the defense looked much looked much improved today. I think you still need more from the rebounding perspective. only had four boards tonight. But overall, I think Noah’s improvement is one of the top positive takeaways that you can take from earlier this season and from this game tonight. And the other positive takeaway from this game is Danny Wolf, a rookie who, you know, frankly has exceeded expectations by leaps and bounds during his first four games playing extended minutes. So, what did I see from Danny Wolf? And why do I think that his performance in this one is so emblematic of his hot start and his potential moving forward? I’ll get into all that when I continue locked on Nets after a quick break. The NBA season is heating up and Door Dash has found the perfect way to keep fans in their bag all season long. 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You look at Danny in this one. 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two turnovers, five of 12 from the field, three of eight from three, and four of four from the free throw line. And this is Danny’s uh fourth straight game playing extended minutes after obviously he got the call up from the G-League. And he’s been a positive contributor and I would say a floor raiser for the Nets in all of these games. And that is, you know, just it’s huge for a player who, you know, there were obviously questions about. He fell to number 27 in the draft. You didn’t know how he was going to fit positionally and all that stuff. and you look at him, he’s been a positive off the bench in nearly every game, literally from a plus minus uh standpoint. He’s played five games. He’s been a positive in four of them. He was a plus seven tonight. He was a plus 11 in Chicago. He was a plus five against Charlotte. He was a minus 9 against Milwaukee, but that was the game that he scored 23 points. And the Nets were just completely discombobulated outside of him. So, you write that one off in the first game against Philly where he only played 12 or 13 minutes. He was a plus six in that one. So, four out of five games, Danny is a plus, you know, a positive box plus minus off the bench, and he just looks like a guy who’s really comfortable and looks like he’s going to be a contributor on both ends of the floor. I mean, I know the Nets aren’t playing world beaters, you know, in terms of competition during these games, but Danny has come in and he’s flashed real versatility and he’s done it in a variety of ways and he’s held up better on both ends, frankly, than I was expecting to him to because if he did struggle in these early go in these early games, I don’t think anybody would blame him. He was playing G-League games. He’s gotten no reps with these guys, but he’s come in and he’s looked like one of the Net’s best players, you know, in each of these last four games. I mean, you look at his averages over these four games. He’s at 14.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, three assists, 48% from the field, 46% from three. I mean, those are elite numbers in, you know, relative to to the expectations for what you were looking for from Danny. And I said, you know, he looks versatile and comfortable really on both ends, but just offensively, I mean, the three-point shooting has been a major positive. I said, you know, 46% from three. And he’s been willing to take some really tough threes and he’s hit some really tough threes during this stretch. And that’s going to be huge for him because his ability to, you know, his ability to shoot threes and be a floor spacer is going to unlock the positional versatility. That is something that can make him so special because he can play center, then he can play the four. And he’s even showing that he can play the three with some of the ball handling and some of the things that he’s doing and some of what he’s doing defensively, but offensively that floor spacing is a major positive. And then you’re seeing the funky, fluid, athletic shot creation ability that he has. Like that’s showing up in spurts. The driving ability, that’s big. The in between game, the little like floaters and turnarounds and push shots. He’s looked good on those. I mean, there was a play in this one, and I think that this play really just underscores Danny’s comfort and his poise being a guy who’s playing his first NBA games. There was a play, Noah Clowny had the ball at the top of the key, and it was a grenade. It was like 5 seconds left on the shot clock. He whips it to Danny Wolf in the corner and Danny has Lorie Markin in guarding him. Danny catches the ball. He does like a little half a half shot fake. He jabs right, goes left, almost completely turns Lorie Markin around, drives baseline. As Loriy’s recovering, he spins back towards the middle and hits like a turnaround push shot baby hook. And Lori’s like in a blender this whole time. And for Danny to catch that ball on a grenade and be that confident, that comfortable, that smooth and put Utah’s best player pretty much in a blender and score and like just runs down the court, shrugs it off like it’s nothing. And that’s just those are the plays that we’re seeing from Danny consistently. I mean, he looks like a guy who is going to be something, at least offensively. And a lot of the questions surrounding Danny were on the defensive end, obviously, like how would he hold up? He’s not this rim protector at center. Is he going to be quick enough to stay with forwards and wings? And I think there’s still questions, but he’s held up much better than I expected. And, you know, he’s been able to play, as I said, the four and the three. We haven’t seen him yet playing center, which I thought might be his most likely position. He’s played mostly the four. And then he’s played a good amount of minutes as the three alongside Noah Clowney and Nick Claxton or Dron Sharp. and his, you know, how he’s been able to hold up defensively. And then also the shooting, the ball handling, the passing, the offensive versatility that he has. That’s going a long way for this Nets team. And I talked about, you know, in the first segment, fans shouldn’t be that worried about the tank because the Nets did what they had to do tonight. But this is still a game where they were up by nine points entering the fourth quarter. And the entire reason that they were up by nine points was their front court play. And this is something that I tweeted out early in the game. The Nets have a pretty high level front court right Now, I mean, MPJ didn’t play in this one, but you look at the front court, the starting front court regularly is MPJ, Noah Clowny, and Nick Claxton. All three of those guys are playing great. And then you have on the the backups with the second unit, Dron Sharp, and Danny Wolf. And both of those guys are, you know, they’re floor raisers. So, the Nets have a lot more front court depth than a lot of these teams. And the versatility that they have in terms of, you know, you have MPJ, obviously, who can do a variety of things. Then you have Noah Clowny who’s improving so much offensively. And then you have Danny Wolf who can play, you know, the three, the four, or the five. All of that that’s allowing the Nets to play these bigger jumbo lineups that are giving a lot of teams a lot of trouble. And you’re seeing it, like you saw it in that Chicago game, you saw it in stretches for this one. The Nets have multiple lineups where their smallest guy is 68. like they can run up run out lineups where it’s, you know, those four guys, you know, Danny Wolf, Nick Claxton, Noah Clowny, Dron Sharper, Nick Claxton, and then you have other guys like, you know, Jagor Gilman, Zire Williams, whoever else you want to throw in. There’s just so much size. There’s so much versatility. And can those lineups hold up for like an entire game as a main lineup? No. But you can play them for some stretches. And we’re seeing that give a lot of team struggles because these other bad teams that the Nets are playing against, whether you talk about the Jazz or the Hornets or the Bulls or whatever other tanking teams they’ll see in the future, they got the Pelicans on Saturday, these teams don’t have as much front court depth as the Nets, and they don’t have that much versatility. And ultimately, that is something that I think might keep the Nets in a lot of games. Is it going to win them all these games? It’ll win them some. They’ll collapse down the stretch of others. But I think that Danny Wolf, the versatility that he’s showing and the overall versatility of this Nets back of this Net’s front court is, you know, going to raise their floor on a lot of nights. And I think ultimately it should be viewed as a positive moving forward because it is kind of a signifier of how the Nets want to play. We heard Shawn Marks talk about it after the draft. It’s bigger, sizable guys who are versatile, who can make things tough on defense and who can do a variety of things and keep the ball moving on offense. And Danny Wolf right now is, you know, exemplifying that to a te. And that’s why the Nets took a chance on him with the 27th pick. And that’s why I think they’ve got to be really happy with the early returns. But overall, that that front court, that versatility, all that, it was a floor raiser in this game, but it wasn’t enough to get the Nets over the top. And the reason for that being with Michael Porto Jr. out, the Nets didn’t have anything in the back court in this one. And the rookie point guards struggled a lot. So, I’ll get into that, what I saw from them, and what fans should be looking for moving forward when I close out Locked on Nets after a quick break. Guys, NFL Sundays move fast. One big play and suddenly everything feels different. That’s what makes live betting with FanDuel so exciting. You’re not just watching the game, you’re reacting to it in real time. With FanDuel, you can place bets as the action unfolds. Every drive, every momentum swing, every highlight moment. Live betting is best when the game starts to shift, a receiver gets hot, a defense tightens up, or the momentum flips after a turnover. FanDuel lets you jump into the moment. 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And I touched on how well the Nets uh front court played in this one and, you know, how they kind of kept the Nets in the game throughout. Now, I got to get to how poorly the back court played and how that kind of lost the Nets the game because the Nets backcourt in this one was frankly a disaster. And that’s not that surprising because with MPJ out with Cam Thomas sideline, the Nets had all their rookies pretty much rookies and Tyrese Martin. It was Jorman and Ben Saf and Tyrese Martin were the guys they had playing in the back court also Terrence man but not as much of a ball handling presence with Terrence. Those three guys, Jaor, Ben, Tyrese Martin, rough showing for all of them. I mean, Jaor had three points, one rebound, two assists, zero turnovers, uh, one of four shooting in 20 minutes, and he frankly just looked out of it in this one. And, you know, I think you can give him a pass because I talked to Jordy Fernandez after the game, and Jord said that Jagor had an upper respiratory issue entering this one. So, just some kind of an illness, a cough, whatever you want to call it. But, he didn’t look like himself in this one. And then I saw him in the locker room after the game. He’s coughing a lot. He just he didn’t look like, you know, it didn’t look like a game where, you know, he was himself. But regardless, like he is out there and if you’re going to play like this was not a good showing by Yaore. He looked like a bystander most of the time and there’s some games where we’ve seen from like there’s some games where he plays really well. It’s been most of the games lately and he looks engaged and then there’s other games where he’s a bystander and he’s kind of floating through and this was one of those. But with him having this upper respiratory issue with, you know, Jordan Fernandez saying that he was limiting his minutes intentionally. You know, I think you give him a pass in this one. That was a major part of the Net struggling is they didn’t have Jaor playing at the level that he’s played at in recent games. And then Ben Saraf is a guy who played extended minutes. He played 24 minutes. Jaggore only played 20. And Ben was the primary point guard during the fourth quarter. And I think Ben did some things well. He had 12 points, two rebounds, two assists, but five turnovers and was four of seven from the field. So like Ben had a couple nice buckets. He had a couple nice steals. I think that you saw some flashes offensively, but in the second half, he had three or four turnovers in the second half, five overall, and he really looked like it was a struggle for him trying to handle ball pressure and initiate offense in this one. And sometimes, you know, it’s kind of an interesting case with Ben because sometimes he looks really good. He looks really confident as a ball handler like he did in that Milwaukee game last Saturday. And then there’s other times where he looks a little bit unsure of himself. He looks a little uncomfortable. And I think that this was one of his g one of those games. But ultimately the Nets play Ben down the stretch of this one. They let him try to work through some struggles. He doesn’t look good, but that’s not the worst thing. You know, in a tanking season where, you know, in the fourth quarter of this game, the Jazz were able to come back because the Nets were having some struggles with their rookie point guards and Ben was a big part of that. So, you get him some experience in the fourth quarter of a game that was close during the first half of the fourth quarter. I mean, the Nets entered up nine. Ultimately, they collapsed. But Ben getting those fourth quarter minutes and the Nets ultimately getting a loss against another tanking team, that’s not the worst thing in the world. So Ben, he’s interesting. I think that there’s games where he looks really good. There’s games that he looks bad. I think that there’s clear things that he’s going to need to improve on. Three-point shooting is, you know, still a major question. It’s going to be a major question. And then outside of that, some of the decision-m, I mean, he struggled with turnovers in some games this year. So you’re really going to need him, you’re really going to need to see him clean that up and get more comfortable on takes to the basket. But that’s to be expected, you know, from a rookie who’s 19 years old and is playing some of his first games against NBA competition. I mean, I’ve said it. Ben is the eighth youngest player in the NBA. So, I think letting him work through those growing pains, that’s a positive. And then Tyrese Martin, I’m not going to spend too much time on him. He had zero points, 05 shooting. Tyrese has been a good story for the Nets thus far, but he struggled big time in this one. And last thing I want to hit on is just Zy Williams, who had a good showing in this one. I think overall he had 23 points, seven of 14 from the field. Three of 10 from three, six of nine from the free throw line. And Zire has struggled in a pretty big way of late. I mean, we saw him, he had really bad games a couple weeks ago against the Celtics and Raptors. And then the next game after that, Jordan Fernandez removed him from the rotation against the Knicks and Zire’s come back and I wouldn’t say he’s looked, you know, good, you know, great or even good, but he’s looked better. And then in this one, I think that you saw some positive things from him. I mean, seven of 14 from the field, 23 points. Like, that’s nice. I mean, he was six and nine from the free throw line. And the Jazz fouled Zire on three threes during this game. And this is a player in Zire who’s shooting 30% from three. So, if I were real, if I were Will Hardy, I would be tearing my hair out because I don’t know how you foul a 30% three-point shooter three times from three in one game, but that added six points to Zire’s total. But, you know, he looked good like drives to the basket. I think he looked a lot more com uh confident and comfortable. But overall, you know, three of 10 from three. Zire shooting around 30% from three this season. You look in this game, he had zero rebounds and what do you have? Zero rebounds and one assist. So, you know, I’m happy for Zire. I’m glad that he played a little bit better in this one, but overall, I’m just I’m not too high on the Zire Williams experience early this season. I know he had the encouraging season last year, but I think he’s, you know, come back to earth in this one. And you you look at it last year and this year now and really his whole career like you know there’s just there’s not that many things that Zire is doing at an above average level. I mean Jordi Fernandez is really trying to get Zier to hang the hat on defense. And I think he’s been doing that better of late after he got benched during the Knicks loss. And the reason that Jordan Fernandez gave for that benching was that he didn’t think that the defensive impact early this season was at the level that it was last year. But overall, like Zire can play hard and do some things on defense, but I don’t really think he’s a high level point of attack defender. And then you look offensively, the thing he’s supposedly bringing to the table is the three-point shooting. And, you know, he’s 30% from three for the season. And he’s really limited as a ball handler. He’s not a playmaking threat whatsoever. So, I’m happy for Zire that he had 23 points in this one. and you know as getting back in the rotation and showing some stuff over these last five or six games, but overall I’m just not really that high on the Zire Williams experience or his outlook. Like could he be an end of the roster guy moving forward? Sure. But in terms of being like an impact rotation guy for a playoff level team down the line, I’m not sure how likely that is and I’m not sure how much room he more room he has for development being five years into his NBA career. So hopefully I’m wrong, but we’ll see with that moving forward. But that’s all I got for today’s episode of Locked on Nets. Hope you guys enjoyed the show. If you do not already, make sure to subscribe to Locked on Nets on YouTube and wherever you get your podcast, whether Apple podcast or Spotify. If you enjoy the content, take a second right now, smash that like button, leave a comment, leave a fivestar review. Anything you can do to engage is much appreciated. But the Nets got another game against another tanking team on Saturday uh in the New Orleans Pelicans. And they have a long break, so I’ll have coverage of all that and more when I’m back on Monday talking more Brooklyn Nets basketball.

Erik Slater reacts to the Brooklyn Nets’ 123-110 loss to the Utah Jazz, outlining what it signals for the team’s tank and why Noah Clowney and Danny Wolf’s performances should leave fans encouraged moving forward.

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