Nicolas Claxton Still On The Shelf
6 months agoBrooklyn Nets center Nicolas Claxton (ankle) is out for Friday's game against the Chicago Bulls. That will be four consecutive nights missed for Claxton due to a left ankle sprain and it's hard to say if a return is imminent, since the Nets are declaring him out for games fairly well ahead of time. Brooklyn has the second leg of a back-to-back versus the Boston Celtics on Saturday, so that represents the 24-year-old interior presence's next possible return date. The position-less Ben Simmons has essentially functioned as head coach Jacque Vaughn's primary big man in Claxton's stead, with the red-hot Dorian Finney-Smith (averaging 3.3 threes on 48.1% shooting this year) also occupying more minutes at the five. Fresh off a 20-point, 20-rebound display, Nikola Vucevic will look to feast once again on Friday against a downsized Nets squad.
Source: Evan Barnes
Source: Evan Barnes