Jarrett Allen is still the Brooklyn Nets' center of the future. Whether or not the third-year big man is his team's center of the present, though, is suddenly a question mark in the wake of Brooklyn's drastic offseason overhaul. One thing for sure? Allen has no intention of giving up his starting spot in 2019-20 without a fight.
Despite the addition of veteran center DeAndre Jordan, Allen still wants to open games for Brooklyn – even though he's a bit sheepish to admit it.
“You know, a little bit. I mean, obviously, it matters a little bit,” he said when asked about the importance of starting, per Mike Scotto of The Athletic. “Everybody wants to start, but in this case, it doesn’t matter to me. F— it, yeah, I want to start. F— it (laughs).”
Jordan agreed to a four-year, $40 million contract with Brooklyn shortly after free agency officially opened on Sunday. He's the third and far less significant member of a package deal with close friend Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, who each agreed to four-year, max-level deals with the Nets, shirking months of indirect recruiting from the New York Knicks and rocking the basketball world in the process.
A three-time All-NBA honoree, Jordan took a major step back with the Dallas Mavericks last season, providing little resistance at the rim and hunting rebounds to rack up numbers. If his performance in 2018-19 is an indication of his level of play going forward, the Nets would certainly be best suited relying on the understated, improving Allen in the middle
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