Keon Ellis ☆

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · 29 h ago

  Host says the roster is crowded: the Nets made seven first-round picks in the last two drafts and brought in three veterans this offseason, Keon Ellis, Mo Wagner (likely Moritz Wagner) and Julius Randle.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host analysis: beyond those players, the supporting pieces include Sharpe (heard as 'De'Ron Sharp'; likely Day'Ron Sharpe), Noah Clowney and Minott (heard as 'Josh Minot'; likely Josh Minott). The host says 'we'll see' about older players Keon Ellis and Wagner (heard as 'Mo Wagner'; likely Moritz Wagner).

• Podcast Erik Slater, Locked On Nets · Report · Oct 15

  Mikel Brown Jr. came off the bench. Keon Ellis started instead and has started every Nets preseason game so far.

• Podcast Erik Slater, Locked On Nets · Prediction · Oct 15

  The host thinks Keon Ellis will keep starting in the regular-season opener on Wednesday and that Mikel Brown Jr. (heard as "Michael") will come off the bench again.

• Podcast Locked On Nets · Analysis · Oct 15

  Brian Lewis calls Keon Ellis the Nets' most accomplished veteran defender. He wonders whether a long defensive struggle will keep Ellis (heard as "kian") in the lineup longer than expected.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · Oct 13

  Keon Ellis has started all three Nets preseason games so far. He is the player who would start instead of Brown Jr. (likely Mikel Brown Jr.).

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Analysis · Oct 13

  The host's view: Keon Ellis is the best defender in that starting unit. Replacing him with a rookie point guard would bring major defensive struggles.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Analysis · Oct 13

  Host says Keon Ellis's shooting is replacing Mann's spot in the rotation (heard as "Terrence Mann"; likely Terance Mann).

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · Oct 13

  A more complex set: Ellis entered the ball to Sharpe (heard as "De'Ron Sharp"; likely Day'Ron Sharpe) at the top of the key. Demin (heard as "Yegor"; likely Egor Demin) bluffed coming off a pin-down, then went to the corner, and it flowed into a zoom action (pin-down into a dribble handoff) that got Porter Jr. a wide-open three.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Analysis · Oct 13

  Host thinks the Nets don't have the personnel for this scheme. Sharpe and Wagner aren't rim protectors, Demin is a work in progress on defense, Porter Jr. and Randle aren't known for defense, and Keon Ellis is the best defender.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Prediction · Oct 13

  Host's own feel, explicitly not reporting: the Nets won't start Brown Jr. (heard as "Mike Hill"; likely Mikel Brown Jr.) at the start of the year, because swapping him in for Ellis would make the defense worse. He thinks Brown Jr. will start eventually.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · Oct 13

  Starters were Demin (heard as "Yegor Dillman"; likely Egor Demin), Keon Ellis, Porter Jr. (heard as "MPJ"), Julius Randle and Sharpe (heard as "De'Ron Sharp"; likely Day'Ron Sharpe), the same group as the first game. The host expects this to be the opening-night starting unit.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Prediction · Oct 10

  Host's other rotation locks: Keon Ellis; Mo Wagner (likely Moritz Wagner), as the backup center; Nolan Shrore (likely Nolan Traore); and Noah Clowney. With the starters, that makes nine.

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