Brooklyn is Bennett’s fourth team in a four-year stretch, which is very uncommon with a former No. 1 pick. His rookie year for the Cavaliers was bad to say the least. Bennett was a throw-in with in the Cleveland and Minnesota trade that sent Kevin Love to the Cavaliers to join LeBron James.
Before Brooklyn signed him to a deal, the Nets worked out the 6’8″ Bennett for two days at a veterans mini-camp back in May and he did well, according to various media reports.
Net fans shouldn’t have high expectations for Anthony Bennett, but the Nets’ gamble to sign the former UNLV star suggests Brooklyn’s front office operates far differently than it has in the past when Billy King was General Manager.