{"id":556464,"date":"2026-01-23T23:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/556464\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:00:13","slug":"nets-shooting-crisis-opens-the-door-for-trade-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/556464\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets\u2019 Shooting Crisis Opens the Door for Trade Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets\u2019 offense in the 2025\u201326 season isn\u2019t just slumping; it\u2019s stuck in a very dangerous crossroads. It is at a certain point that most teams know what to do when they study film on the Nets. NBA.com\u2019s shooting data<\/a> has them sitting at 24th in three-point percentage with a 34.8%, which is currently in the bottom ten, which says a lot about why they can\u2019t keep up offensively for long stretches. In a league obsessed with spacing and efficient scoring, those numbers just don\u2019t cut it. Compared to the top 5 (Denver, Milwaukee, New York, Houston, and Minnesota), it spikes up to about 3-5% higher and about 2-4% higher than the league\u2019s average for 3PT shooting percentage.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t some short-term cold streak. It\u2019s baked into how the roster is built. The Nets lag behind<\/a> in almost every meaningful shooting category: catch-and-shoot threes, pull-ups, free throws, and even long twos. Add it all up, and you get an offense that leans way too much on isolation and tough shot-making, not on generating real advantages. Defenses see this a mile away. They pack the paint and dare Brooklyn to launch from outside, knowing the numbers are in their favor. As of now, Brooklyn ranks 26th in the league in true shooting percentage, currently in the bottom 5.<\/p>\n

Nets\u2019 Shooting Crisis Opens the Door for Trade Solutions<\/p>\n

The Nets\u2019 Poor Shooting Roster<\/p>\n

Look closer at the roster, and the problem comes into focus. Egor Demin<\/a> and Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> are the only ones even sniffing elite territory, both at 39.6%<\/a> from three. Great, but their impact is limited when nobody else consistently threatens defenses. It\u2019s not enough to change the geometry of the floor.<\/p>\n

After them, there\u2019s a group of guys hanging around league average: Danny Wolf<\/a> (36.7%), Tyrese Martin<\/a> (35.5%), Jalen Wilson<\/a> (35.1%), and Cam Thomas<\/a> (34.0%). Not terrible, but nobody here is scaring defenses or forcing them to stay honest. Opponents still help off, especially if those shooters share the court with weaker options.<\/p>\n

The real trouble starts at the back end of the rotation. Terance Mann<\/a> (33.7%), Ziaire Williams<\/a> (32.1%), Noah Clowney<\/a> (32.0%), Nolan Traore<\/a> (31.0%), and Drake Powell<\/a> (30.8%). These guys often end up on the floor together, and defenses just ignore them. Clowney\u2019s shooting is especially rough. He\u2019s ranked as the eighth-worst shooter in the league<\/a> by impact stats, which just crushes Brooklyn\u2019s lineup flexibility and spacing.<\/p>\n

So what happens? The Nets play offense in a box. Driving lanes vanish. Ball movement dies. Suddenly, you\u2019re grinding out tough shots as the clock runs down, and one mistake means another empty trip.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cam Thomas Trade Rumors<\/p>\n

Making things even messier is the Cam Thomas<\/a> situation. He\u2019s the team\u2019s most creative scorer, but his future in Brooklyn is cloudy; while he\u2019s not officially on the trade block, his name keeps coming up in talks, inside and outside the team. Let\u2019s be honest: there\u2019s a good chance this is his last season in a Nets uniform.<\/p>\n

That matters for two big reasons. First, Thomas is one of the few guys who can get his own shot when everything else breaks down. Second, if he\u2019s gone, the Nets lose one of their only shot creators, which exposes an already shaky shooting foundation.<\/p>\n

Even with Cam Thomas on the court, the Nets just can\u2019t seem to put enough shooting around him. Defenses don\u2019t respect the other guys; they crowd Thomas & MPJ\u2019s drives and mid-range looks, knowing their help defenders can recover without real risk. If Brooklyn actually moves Thomas, whether at the deadline or this summer, the offense gets even uglier. The team\u2019s lack of shooting goes from a problem to a full-blown crisis.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Brooklyn has to get serious about adding perimeter shooters, not just to support MPJ<\/a>, but to survive if he\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets\u2019 offense in the 2025\u201326 season isn\u2019t just slumping; it\u2019s stuck in a very dangerous crossroads.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3767],"tags":[4102,7,363,670,247,3803,959,227,562,6,671,4155],"class_list":{"0":"post-556464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-ayo-dosunmu","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bennedict-mathurin","11":"tag-brooklyn","12":"tag-brooklyn-nets","13":"tag-brooklynnets","14":"tag-cam-thomas","15":"tag-egor-demin","16":"tag-michael-porter-jr","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nets","19":"tag-quentin-grimes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115946902211859251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556464","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=556464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}