Brooklyn Nets sophomore Jarrett Allen has become the team's starting center this season. Teammate Spencer Dinwiddie says that Allen is actually different than most NBA players, but it's in a good way.
Kelly Whiteside of The New York Times wrote about Allen's ascent to basketball fame and how he is doing it in his own way. Dinwiddie chimed in his thoughts on his young teammate:
“He’s so different from everyone usually in the N.B.A.,” said Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie, his closest friend on the team. “Everybody else is like, ‘Wow, he’s weird.’ When everyone was referencing him as weird, or just kind of different, I was like, ‘Man, that’s my guy.’ He’s extremely smart. I love having conversations with him on that level.”
Allen, 20, has been into the world of science and technology for a while. Though his career focus will always be on basketball, Allen still likes to keep his mind occupied with the other facets of life
In the N.B.A., one man’s weird just might be another man’s love of STEM. “It started with destroying stuff,” Allen said. “I would break things apart, then put them together. Then my dad gave us one of his super-old computers, and I’ve really been on that track since I was probably around 5.”
Even without a proven superstar on their roster, the Nets are thriving with their young guns this year. Allen has assumed frontcourt leadership for the team, posting stellar averages of 12.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks.
Allen and the Nets will have their work cut out for them as they go up against Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.
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