On the same day Hoopshype did a 2019 re-draft showing Nic Claxton should’ve been a lottery pick, Clax tells the website’s Mike Scotto, “I think I can be one of the best two-way players in the league in the right time and system.”
It was the latest comment by a supremely confident Claxton that he’s backed up with his on-court resume’. As Scotto notes, Claxton leads the NBA in field goal percentage (73.2%) and shot blocking (2.7 per game) as well as second in block percentage (8.1%) and defensive rating (106.7) per Basketball-Reference.
And it’s just one quote from the interview, conducted before the Nets lost to the Thunder Sunday night, that will make headlines.