Nets View Nicolas Claxton As Building Block
5 months agoBrooklyn Nets center Nicolas Claxton is "viewed as a core member of the Nets moving forward, barring a trade offer that blows the team away," per HoopsHype's Michael Scotto. The same can't exactly be said for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Royce O'Neale, who Scotto reports could be on the move out of Brooklyn come time for February's trade deadline. After being stuck playing behind various castoff big men during the team's title-contention window from 2019-2022, Claxton finally broke free last season to lead the Association in field-goal percentage (70.5%) and trailed only Jaren Jackson Jr. in blocks per game (2.5). Though free-throw shooting (55.0%) remains a bugaboo, the 24-year-old interior presence is picking up where he left off a year ago with third-round fantasy figures in 12-team category leagues. Claxton is averaging 12.6 points on 67.2% shooting, 8.3 boards, and 2.9 swats in 27.3 minutes over eight games.
Source: Michael Scotto - HoopsHype
Source: Michael Scotto - HoopsHype