The Nets built this year’s roster to (eventually) contend, signing three players off the 2016 Olympic basketball team while filling out the roster with respected veterans like Garrett Temple, Wilson Chandler and now Iman Shumpert.
But they haven’t given up on development, which is a big reason Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving decided to sign the Nets in the first place. Now with so many injuries, that development is getting sped up.
So, Brooklyn has four players 22 or under. From youngest to oldest, that’s Dzanan Musa, Nicolas Claxton, Rodions Kurucs and Henry Ellenson, one of their two-ways.