Everyone needs a boost sometimes, a quick pick-me-up. Maybe it’s roasting your favorite brand of coffee bean first thing in the morning and basking in that glorious first sip, or loading up your Spotify workout playlist and finally crushing out that new personal record on the squat rack (look at you, never skipping leg day).
For the Brooklyn Nets, that boost could be embodied in a second-round draft pick, Nicolas Claxton.
What could prove to be one of the organization’s best-kept secrets — given the Nets’ aspirations and ascent towards the top of the league’s feudal system — is a guy who only played 187 total minutes this past season.