\u201cIt\u2019s really been my dream my whole life. So it\u2019s just fun to get out there, play with some of the best players in the world,\u201d said Nelson. \u201cIt\u2019s just really a dream. But I know the work\u2019s not done. I still got a lot to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nelson has logged 83 minutes over four games in four cities in five days between Brooklyn and G-League Long Island.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe adrenaline I\u2019ve had just playing in my first NBA games just kind of carried me through it,\u201d said Nelson, the first player in Nets history to total 10 points, five assists and five blocks combined over his first two career games.<\/p>\n
Nelson joined Brook Lopez as the only Net with multiple blocks in consecutive games to start a career, and Jarrett Allen as the only one with five blocks through two career games.<\/p>\n
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Grant Nelson dunks the ball during the Nets\u2019 March 1 loss. Robert Sabo for the NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a very good player, high IQ, he\u2019s got a great feel for the game, and plays extremely hard,\u201d said Nets coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez. \u201cSo, you put all those things together, and he\u2019s played very well in the two chances.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three two-way roster spots are filled, but any could be converted to a standard deal and Nelson could then be inked to a two-way. <\/p>\n
The deadline for that is Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Danny Wolf had a career-high 23 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals, joining Chris Morris, Mike O\u2019Koren and Bernard King as the only Nets rookies to ever hit those figures.<\/p>\n
Nic Claxton missed Sunday\u2019s loss with a right thumb sprain. <\/p>\n
Egor D\u00ebmin was held out to rest his plantar fascia.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Nic] got hit in [Friday\u2019s] game,\u201d said Fern\u00e1ndez. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how he feels after [Sunday], so there\u2019s no timetable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Egor, he\u2019s been dealing with the plantar fascia. He\u2019s been out for back-to-backs in the past. These [past] two he\u2019s played. But we\u2019re going to have to see how he feels and have a plan with what\u2019s best for him, his body. So, we\u2019ll come up with that. But for sure, No. 1 thing is, and then he feels better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donovan Mitchell was out for Cleveland. <\/p>\n
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James Harden stepped up against his old team with 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. <\/p>\n
The 36-year-old was noncommittal about how much longer he wants to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s coming soon. Hopefully, later than soon, but it\u2019s a reality,\u201d said Harden. \u201cEverybody has to go through this at some point. Just trying to continue to keep my body in shape and play well. We\u2019ll see what happens in the next few years. Take one game at a time and cherish the moments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grant Nelson, on a 10-day contract, acquitted himself well in his home debut. The undrafted rookie had 11…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,248,6,671,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-633844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-jordi-fernandez","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nets","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116158059833713796","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633844","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=633844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}