{"id":712571,"date":"2026-04-17T16:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712571\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:57:35","slug":"nets-news-sean-marks-hints-celtics-trade-acquisition-will-return-after-breaking-out-on-1-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712571\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets news: Sean Marks hints Celtics trade acquisition will return after breaking out ‘on 1 leg’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> embraced a youth movement this season. While their five rookie first-round picks dominated the discussion surrounding the team, Josh Minott forced his way into the conversation after joining the team at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Despite battling an ankle sprain, Minott impressed after the Boston Celtics<\/a> salary-dumped him to the Nets. General Manager Sean Marks<\/a> indicated that the 6-foot-8 forward, who has a $2.58 million team option for next season, will be back in Brooklyn in 2026-27.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d followed Josh for a while. He\u2019d been a little banged up with an ankle that he [hurt] in Boston, so we knew he was hurt [coming in],\u201d Marks said. \u201cBut having an opportunity to see him in your gym, things that stood out to us for sure were his confidence and his great attitude about work. I think the [shot-making] probably surprised me slightly. But I look forward to seeing him healthy. He was playing on one leg with us for most of the time here, so it’s nice to get that ankle taken care of and then have another big summer for a young man like that. But he\u2019s excited, and he’s incredibly motivated. I love the competitive nature and the competitive fire that he has.\u201d<\/p>\n

After spending the first three years of his career with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Minott\u00a0<\/a>had an encouraging stretch early this season with the Celtics<\/a>. However, the 23-year-old was a midseason cap cut as Boston dumped several minimum contracts to duck the luxury tax.<\/p>\n

Will Josh Minott be a long-term piece for the Nets following Celtics trade?\"BrooklynBob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Nets took advantage of the situation and acquired Minott<\/a> for cash considerations. He continued to turn heads with his two-way production after joining Brooklyn’s rotation.<\/p>\n

Minott averaged 10.8 points on .491\/.395\/.800 splits in 19.3 minutes per game across 16 appearances with the Nets. He finished the season 41.8 percent from the field on 9.2 three-point attempts per 100 possessions. While he has a ways to go as an on-ball creator, he was highly efficient as a finisher this year, converting 48 of his 61 (78.7 percent) rim attempts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, his defensive playmaking was evident, as he averaged 3.5 stocks (steals + blocks) per 36 minutes with Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\u201c[He offers] positional size, [shot-making], and he’s a very, very good teammate. [He’s showing] all those things right now, so he keeps seeing more minutes, and he keeps taking advantage of them,\u201d Jordi Fernandez said of Minott during his breakout stretch.<\/p>\n

Minott’s impact was so evident that the Nets benched him during the final week of the season to preserve top-three draft lottery odds. If he can remain a respectable three-point shooter, his floor spacing and defensive aptitude should offer him a long-term role with Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

July 15 is the deadline for Brooklyn to exercise<\/a> Minott’s $2.58 million team option. The Nets could opt to decline the option and extend Minott<\/a> to a multi-year contract.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Nets embraced a youth movement this season. While their five rookie first-round picks dominated the discussion surrounding the team, Josh Minott forced his way into the conversation after joining the team at the trade deadline. Despite battling an ankle sprain, Minott impressed after the Boston Celtics salary-dumped him to the Nets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets embraced a youth movement this season. While their five rookie first-round picks dominated the discussion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,75,670,247,3803,6,671,2144,3596],"class_list":{"0":"post-712571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-brooklynnets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nets","15":"tag-reporting","16":"tag-sean-marks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116421109791879718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712571","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=712571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}