Mikel Brown Jr. ☆

• X Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) · Report · 47 h ago

  Jordi Fernandez on Mikel Brown Jr. minutes restriction: “Usually if you play less than 24 minutes, it’s hard to start because it’s hard to finish with that player. You can do it in many different ways; but we’re not there yet for that reason.” #nets https://t.co/M3qCGrJNwb

• X Erik Slater (@ErikSlater_) · Report · Oct 16

  Mikel Brown Jr. on starting vs. coming off the bench: “If I come off the bench or I start, it’s still going to be me regardless. I don’t look at that stuff. If I start, I start. If I come off the bench, I come off the bench. Just continue to do what I do.” https://t.co/2oKiCDJfgu

• X Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) · Report · Oct 16

  Fernandez: Mikel Brown Jr. (ankle) will have a minutes restriction for season opener on Wednesday. (via @NYPost_Lewis)

• X Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) · Report · Oct 16

  Mikel Brown Jr. is still going to be on a minutes restriction for Wednesday’s season opener vs. the #Hornets. Jordi Fernandez would need to see that threshold raised over 24 minutes before he’s comfortable starting a player, and confirmed the rookie isn’t there yet. #Nets #nba https://t.co/mRlKiJkLhd

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

  Mikel Brown Jr. (heard as "Mikel" here) made his NBA debut in the Nets' preseason finale, a 144-128 loss to the Miami Heat.

• Podcast Locked On Nets · Analysis · Oct 15

  Brian Lewis remembers asking Jordy (likely Jordi Fernandez) last year what minutes limit a player must reach before he would start. He does not recall the number but is sure Mikel was below it, so the assumption was that Mikel would come off the bench.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · Oct 15

  Both the host and Brian Lewis do not think Mikel Brown Jr. and Demin (heard as "Yegor"/"Yeager"; likely Egor Demin) shared the floor in this game. Both hedged this.

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

  Host's view: when Mikel plays with Demin (heard as "Yegor"; likely Egor Demin), Mikel is the point guard and Demin plays off the ball. Next to Traore (heard as "Nolan"; likely Nolan Traore), Mikel plays off the ball because he is the better shooter.

• Podcast Mikel Brown Jr. (reported), via Locked On Nets · Relayed report · Oct 15

  Per the host, at media day Mikel Brown Jr. acknowledged he had taken the coaches' feedback about going for the single rather than the home-run pass. Turnovers from risky passes had been a struggle for him at Louisville.

• Podcast Locked On Nets · Prediction · Oct 15

  Brian Lewis cares more about who closes games and how many minutes players get than about who starts. He assumes Mikel Brown Jr. will eventually force his way into the lineup.

• X Erik Slater (@ErikSlater_) · Report · Oct 14

  Mikel Brown Jr. played eight minutes in the first half. The rookie has five points on 2/3 shooting from the field and 1/2 from three and added three boards. He looks fluid out there. https://t.co/QzI9xvagIj

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Report · Oct 13

  The Nets drafted Brown Jr. (likely Mikel Brown Jr.) with the No. 6 pick in June's draft.

• Podcast Locked On Nets host · Prediction · Oct 13

  Host prediction: Drake Powell won't be in the opening-night rotation, and Brown Jr. (heard as "Mikel Brown Jr."; likely Mikel Brown Jr.) will replace him in the second unit. He also says Brown Jr. will still get plenty of minutes.

• X Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) · Report · Oct 13

  #Nets rookie Mikel Brown Jr. on Wednesday’s anticipated debut: “I’ve been waiting and itching to play for the longest to this point…So to be able to finally scratch that itch and go out there and do what I do best, it means the world to me.” #nba https://t.co/p4Kgrq6xyL

• X Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) · Report · Oct 12

  Mikel Brown Jr. (ankle) has advanced in his ramp up and been practicing fully over the weekend. The rookie went through 5-on-5 this morning, and - though he’ll sit out vs. the #Wizards - is expected to make his preseason debut Wednesday at the #Heat. #nets #nba

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