Nicolas Claxton will be a crucial part of an NBA rotation… at some point. I’m not sure when that happens. I’m not sure what position he’ll be playing. I’m not even sure if he gets that big chance in Brooklyn. What I do know is that the recently turned 21-year-old frontcourt player from the University of Georgia offered the world enough semblance of NBA chops to build substantial buzz about his future.
To say that Claxton played “sparingly” would be one hell of an understatement. Stuck behind the ever-changing center rotation of DeAndre Jordan and Jarrett Allen, the wily 6-foot-11 (and 3/4”) big man recorded just 185 total minutes during his rookie season.