Brooklyn Nets will experiment with Ben Simmons and Dennis Schroder in opener

On Saturday, Jordi Fernandez revealed that he intends to play both of the Brooklyn Nets leading point guard candidates, Ben Simmons and Dennis Schroder, together on Tuesday vs. the San Diego Clippers in the teams’ preseason opener.

“We’re going to go into the first game of the preseason playing with two point guards,” said Fernandez. “They played together. And we’re going to go into the first game of the preseason playing with two point guards,

“It’s something that it gives us a different look, playing with size, but not a true big and a lot of playmaking and shooting. So it’s going to be fun to give it a look.”

On Media Day, Schroder said the two had played together — and well — in scrimmages.

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