{"id":527506,"date":"2026-01-10T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/527506\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:46:14","slug":"nets-big-man-duo-may-prove-to-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/527506\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets&#8217; big man duo may prove to be too much of a good thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nets have a problem at center, but at least it\u2019s a good one.<\/p>\n<p>Between Nic Claxton and steadily-improving backup Day\u2019Ron Sharpe, Brooklyn has two capable, starting-quality pivots. On a tanking team, is that one too many? A case of improper asset allocation?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDay\u2019Day is a beast. He\u2019s a starting five in the NBA. But we have two starting fives, Clax and him,\u201d Michael Porter Jr. said. \u201cWhen Clax is out, you can put Day in there and there\u2019s no drop-off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharpe had six points and nine rebounds off the bench in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/09\/sports\/young-nets-bullied-by-clippers-in-loss-full-of-tough-lessons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friday\u2019s 121-105 loss to the Clippers<\/a> at Barclays Center, his latest impressive outing as a reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nets have a problem at center, but at least it\u2019s a good one. Between Nic Claxton and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,247,686,149,4057,2299,166,6,2728,66,196],"class_list":["post-527506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-dayron-sharpe","tag-mavericks","tag-nba","tag-nic-claxton","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115872057791799646","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}