According to reports circulating on the web Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets will play Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel in a preseason game at Barclays Center on October 4.
The reports are likely accurate, per a league source.
Basketball News Australia was first with the news...
It’s the second time in three years that the Nets have opened preseason vs. an Israeli team. In 2023, Brooklyn opened vs. Maccabi Ra’anana at Barclays.
The Nets of course drafted two players with Israeli passports back-to-back in June — Ben Saraf at No. 26 and Danny Wolf at No. 27 — but NBA preseason games are set up months in advance so it’s unlikely the draft selections had anything to do with the preseason schedule or vice-versa.