Social media reacts to Nets signing Ricky Council IV to one-year deal

The Brooklyn Nets have had one of the more interesting offseasons with the way that they approached the 2025 NBA Draft and free-agency as a whole. Brooklyn not only used five first-round picks in the Draft, but they also traded forward Cam Johnson to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for forward Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 first-round pick.

On Friday, the Nets continued making tweaks to the roster by signing former Philadelphia 76ers forward Ricky Council IV to a one-year contract, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Council, 23, is coming off a 2024-25 season with the 76ers in which he averaged 7.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 38.2% from the field and 25.8% from three-point land.

With Council being added to the roster, most likely to compete for a spot in training camp, the Nets will be at 19 players on the team, including forward Ziaire Williams and center Day’Ron Sharpe, whose re-signings are still pending, per Spotrac. As of this writing, Brooklyn has not re-signed guard Cam Thomas, meaning that the roster could be at 20 players soon enough.

Either way, here is how social media reacted to the Nets signing Council on Friday:

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Ricky Council IV led 76ers last year in games played with 73.

— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) August 2, 2025Ricky Council IV Reaction

Wow ok. I love Ricky Council IV. The Nets have like 20 PGs so I know Ricky will be on the receiving end of alot of alley-oops.

Would have been a nice signing for the Knicks. https://t.co/TL4dNxLXfN

— The Cooler (@The__Cooler) August 1, 2025Ricky Council IV Reaction

Good for Ricky Council IV. Brooklyn is a nice landing spot for him with a chance to earn a role on a youthful core. We’ll see the terms of the contract for how interested the Nets truly are but will be rooting for RC4 from here on out https://t.co/BmnDbibizJ

— Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) August 1, 2025Ricky Council IV Reaction

Egor Dëmin = Haliburton
Cam Thomas = Nembhard
Ricky Council IV = Nesmith
Noah Clowney = Siakam
Nic Claxton = Turner

What’s stopping the nets from winning the east next season?

— Cam (@AfroCT_) August 1, 2025