<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cavs-news-Jarrett-Allen-Taurean-Prince-on-whether-they-would_ve-made-trade-for-James-Harden-if-they-were-Nets-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince on whether they would’ve made trade for James Harden if they were Nets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-18T14:25:10-08:00">January 18th, 2:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-21T05:56:30-08:00">January 21st, 5:56am</time><address><a>Candice Evans</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The James Harden trade, as monstrous as it was, didn’t exactly leave a bitter taste, at least to Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince who are now with the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><p>The trade sent numerous pieces to different cities in the league. Of course, James Harden landed on the Brooklyn Nets, while Caris LeVert (now with the Pacers) and Victor Oladipo (Rockets) were swapped for each other. For their parts, Allen and Prince went to the Cavs.</p><p>Allen and Prince, though, <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-jarrett-allen-compares-cleveland-to-recent-nets-team/" rel="noopener">aren’t mad about it</a>. In fact, if they were in the shoes of Nets general manager Sean Marks, they would’ve done the same thing.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince even said they would’ve made the trade for James Harden had they been the Brooklyn Nets organization!</p><p>And there’s probably nobody who believes in their skillsets more than they do themselves. <a href="https://t.co/VBJd4aT4QY" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/VBJd4aT4QY</a></p><p>— Billy Reinhardt (@BillyReinhardt) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillyReinhardt/status/1351279389443547137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 18, 2021</a></p></blockquote><div class="code-block code-block-21" style="margin: 8px 0; clear: both;"></div><p></p></figure><p>To hear this coming from Jarrett Allen means a lot, considering that the new Cavs big man was a fundamental building block in Brooklyn’s rebuild. During his time with the Nets, he <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/allenja01.html">averaged 10.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks a game</a>. While those numbers don’t jump off the state sheet, they were crucial to Brooklyn’s rise to being a playoff team. He was the perfect complement to D’Angelo Russell–covering up for the former All-Star’s defensive deficiencies. Allen manned the team’s defense last year when they were without Kevin Durant for the season and Kyrie Irving for most of the campaign and playoffs. </p><p>It’s easy to say Allen is one of the main reasons Brooklyn even became a hot destination. Still, he knows that between him and James Harden, he had to go.</p><p>New Cavs swingman Taurean Prince didn’t have the same type of value for the Nets, and he knows this. Prince has always been a realist. Just take a look at his time at Baylor, when he gave the college basketball community the best quote in the history of history.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Three years ago today, Taurean Prince broke down the art of rebounding. Classic.</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/marchmadness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@marchmadness</a>)<a href="https://t.co/99q5OV2W6Z" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/99q5OV2W6Z</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1107380716390830080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 17, 2019</a></p></blockquote><div class="code-block code-block-23" style="margin: 8px 0; clear: both;"></div><p></p></figure><p>Granted, there are still plenty of people involved in the James Harden saga who aren’t as chill about things–Harden’s former teammates John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins to name a few. </p><p>For the Cavs sake, it’s good to have two players on board who aren’t hung up on the past and are ready to get to work.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince on whether they would’ve made trade for James Harden if they were Nets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs: Grading the Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-13T15:55:18-08:00">January 13th, 3:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-13T15:55:18-08:00">January 13th, 3:55pm</time><address><a>Sam Penix</a>NFL, NFL Draft, and NBA writer. Pro Football Focus Analyst.Obsessed with the Cleveland Browns to an unhealthy extent.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA trade deadline isn’t until late March, but the <a href="http://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-cleveland-acquire-jarrett-allen-as-part-of-james-harden-blockbuster-trade/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> have already made a blockbuster trade. The Brooklyn Nets acquired superstar James Harden from the Houston Rockets (without giving up Kyrie Irving) in a massive four-team deal that included the Cavs as facilitators. Cleveland landed 22-year-old center Jarrett Allen and veteran wing Taurean Prince in a move that changes the long-term outlook of the franchise.</p><p>Here are the full terms of the trade from what we know so far:</p><p><b>BKN receives:</b> SG James Harden</p><p><b>HOU receives:</b> SG Victor Oladipo, SG Dante Exum, SF Rodions Kurucs, 2022, 2024, 2026 BKN first-round picks, 22 MIL first-round pick, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2027 BKN first-round pick swaps, future second-round pick</p><p><b>IND receives:</b> SG Caris LeVert, future second-round pick</p><p><b>CLE receives:</b> C Jarrett Allen, SF Taurean Prince</p><p>For the Cavs, they give up Dante Exum, the Bucks’ 2022 first-round pick, and a future second-rounder to land Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince. Yogi Ferrell and Thon Maker will reportedly be waived to make room for the new additions.</p><p>For a while, it seemed as if that Milwaukee first-round pick might hold some decent value, but once Giannis Antetekounmpo signed his extension, that hope went out the window. The pick will almost certainly be in the late first round, and while it’s still an asset, the odds of the player selected with that pick being as good as Allen are very slim.</p><p>Now, to the players. Prince was the 12th overall pick in 2016 and spent his first three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks before being traded to Brooklyn. He is in the first year of a two-year $25.5 million contract. Prince stands 6-foot-7, 218 pounds and while he doesn’t provide much defensively, he’s a solid scorer who should be able to find success in a depth role with the Cavs. His $13 million salary next season could be traded if the Cavaliers wish to continue the cycle of taking on bad contracts for assets. Prince was included in this deal in order to make salary work, but he’s far from a bad player. Perhaps head coach J.B. Bickerstaff will be able to work some defense into him.</p><p>The centerpiece of this deal (<a href="https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/jarrett-allen-cavs-trade/95-d09ee8cc-fb6c-47fc-a1c9-08c2969f1e75">at least for Cleveland</a>) is Allen, who will turn 23 years old in April. He’s in his fourth NBA season after being taken 22nd overall in 2017. At 6-foot-11, 243 pounds, he has great size for a big man, and it’s impossible to forget his trademark afro hairstyle. Allen is an excellent rim protector, and has the potential to develop into perhaps the NBA’s best defensive center, not because of his rim protection ability, but because of his quick feet and elite length (7-foot-6 wingspan). He has no issue switching onto smaller players on the perimeter, and more than holds his own out there.</p><p>Andre Drummond is a fine defender inside and holds the league’s top defensive rating so far this season, but he struggles to defend outside the paint. Allen does not have that limitation, and it’s why this trade is such a massive win for the Cavs. Drummond is going on 28 years old and is likely to be traded before this year’s deadline, as his $28 million expiring salary will be very attractive to teams in cap hell. Drummond has obviously had a huge role with the Cavs this season, but he’s never been a long-term piece. Allen is, and it’s a wonder he cost so little.</p><p>Allen has never averaged more than 26.7 minutes per game, which is why his numbers don’t look all that impressive: In 12 games this season, he’s putting up 11.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.6 blocks while committing only 1.8 fouls. He’s shooting 68 percent from the field (over 20 percentage points higher than Drummond) and 75 percent from the free throw line. Allen also ranks 14th in defensive rating, a number that should skyrocket once he starts playing with the best defensive team in the NBA.</p><p>Once Drummond is out of the picture, whether that that happens at the trade deadline or after the season, Allen will finally be a full-time starter with the Cavs for the first time in his NBA career and based on his per-36 averages, that is something to look forward to.</p><p>Allen per 36 minutes in 2020-21: 15.1 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.1 blocks</p><p>What Allen does not offer right now is a refined offensive game or floor spacing. He’s almost like a significantly better version of Tristan Thompson, but with the potential to develop his scoring ability. Allen will be a restricted free agent next season, and extension talks between his camp and the team will likely begin immediately.</p><p>It’s unclear how much he’ll demand because he doesn’t have the pure stats to match up with other young players who are being paid handsomely.</p><h2><b>Final grade: A++</b></h2><p>There’s a very real chance that the long-term contract Allen plays on with the Cavs will be even more of a bargain than what the team gave up to get him, and that was highway robbery.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs: Grading the Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Taurean-Prince-tests-positive-for-COVID-19-will-sit-out-NBA%E2%80%99s-restart.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Nets’ Taurean Prince tests positive for COVID-19, will sit out the NBA’s restart in Orlando</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-07T16:08:33-07:00">July 7th, 4:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-07T16:08:33-07:00">July 7th, 4:08pm</time><address><a href="https://theknickswall.com">Reid Goldsmith</a>Managing Editor, The Knicks Wall. Cornell University grad, writer and editor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets fourth-year small forward Taurean Prince tested positive for COVID-19, it was revealed early Tuesday evening, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1280633979629076485">ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brooklyn Nets forward Taurean Prince has tested positive for the coronavirus and will sit out the NBA’s restart in Orlando, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1280633979629076485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Prince, 26, joins Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie as another <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-spencer-dinwiddie-to-sit-out-restart-under-advice-from-doctors/">positive test</a> for the coronavirus, which earlier in March — around the time of the NBA’s 2019-20 season hiatus — already had infected <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/four-brooklyn-nets-players-test-positive-coronavirus-team-announces">four individuals</a> on the Atlantic Division club.</p><p>According to Wojnarowski, due to his diagnosis, Prince will not join the Nets in their planned NBA restart participation in Orlando, Florida. Dinwiddie and two other Brooklyn players, veterans center DeAndre Jordan and forward Wilson Chandler, will also sit out.</p><p>The Nets are shorthanded at the moment; in addition to the four players mentioned sitting out of the Orlando “bubble” for the Nets, injured stars point guard Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant (the latter of whom did not play at all in the 2019-20 campaign) are not competing for Brooklyn in central Florida.</p><p>The Nets, at 30-34, possess the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture at the time of the season’s suspension in March. The Nets, starting at the end of July, are scheduled to play seven teams in eight games to finish off the regular season and potentially head into the postseason (all in Orlando).</p><p>Among those teams are the East’s best Milwaukee Bucks and eighth-seed Orlando Magic (twice). With four players unable to play for the Nets, Brooklyn will likely sign four “replacement” players to take their place and fill the 15-man roster.</p><p>Prince, a 6-foot-7 forward out of Baylor, arrived in Brooklyn over the previous offseason via trade with the Atlanta Hawks, where he spent the first three seasons of his NBA tenure. In October of last year, Prince signed a two-year, $29 million contract extension to stay with the Nets through 2021-22.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ Taurean Prince tests positive for COVID-19, will sit out the NBA’s restart in Orlando

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Nets-news-Kenny-Atkinson-gives-update-on-DeAndre-Jordan-Taurean-Prince-injuries.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Nets coach Kenny Atkinson gives update on DeAndre Jordan, Taurean Prince injuries</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-15T20:19:27-08:00">January 15th, 8:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-15T20:21:03-08:00">January 15th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/brooklyn-nets/">Brooklyn Nets</a> head coach Kenny Atkinson shared updates on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/deandre-jordan/ac100970/">DeAndre Jordan</a> and Taurean Prince’s injuries.</p><p>According to Atkinson, Jordan will get his finger looked at on Thursday, noting that he’s unsure if the big man will miss some games. Prince’s injury, meanwhile, isn’t that serious.</p><p>In the event that Jordan needs to sit out, Atkinson claims that he has no qualms in playing rookie Nic Claxton in place of the veteran center.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kenny Atkinson said DeAndre Jordan will get his finger looked at tomorrow. Taurean Prince banged his wrist a few games ago and Atkinson thinks it just flared up. Atkinson said he has no problems playing rookie Nic Claxton should Jordan miss time.</p><p>— Alex Schiffer (@Alex__Schiffer) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Alex__Schiffer/status/1217641187978420224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Claxton, the 31st pick of the 2019 NBA Draft, has played 10 games for the Nets. He has averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/claxtni01.html">2.7 points</a>, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists across 12.0 minutes. He was recently sent to their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, after suffering a hamstring injury.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Atkinson unsure if DeAndre Jordan will miss any time, but claims he’s comfortable playing rookie second round pick Nic Claxton if need be. Claxton has been on G League assignment. <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nets</a></p><p>— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Lewis/status/1217643758440894465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>In the Nets’ 117-106 loss to the 76ers on Wednesday, DeAndre Jordan dislocated his right middle finger and left the game. He did not return.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">INJURY UPDATE: DeAndre Jordan will not return due to a dislocated right middle finger.</p><p>— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/1217617866255732736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Taurean Prince, himself, downplayed concerns involving his hand. He claims that it didn’t suffer any dislocations whatsoever and <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Lewis/status/1217642195500642309" rel="noopener noreferrer">emphasized an old hand injury just flared up</a>.</p><p>The Nets currently sport an 18-22 record for eighth place in the East. This is not exactly the place where they expect to be given their big offseason signings.</p><p>However, their mediocre record hasn’t been a cause of concern among analysts. After all, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/kevin-durant/b0360985/">Kevin Durant</a> — a top-two player in the league — is still out nursing an Achilles injury.</p><p>A player of Durant’s caliber can change a team’s fate right away. On top of this, Irving has been injured for the most part of the season. He has returned and is fully healthy, but he may need some more time to fully mesh with his teammates.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets coach Kenny Atkinson gives update on DeAndre Jordan, Taurean Prince injuries

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That was part of it,” Prince said, via Brian Lewis of <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/05/kenny-atkinsons-new-coaching-status-highlights-grim-reality/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&amp;utm_medium=site%20buttons&amp;utm_campaign=site%20buttons">The New York Post</a>. “There’s just a lot more trust given to me, a lot more situations I’m put in to be great. Just credit to the Brooklyn Nets for allowing me to be myself.”</blockquote><p>The Nets acquired Prince in a summer trade, sending Allen Crabbe to Atlanta in a salary dump. Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson served as an assistant with the Hawks until just before they drafted Prince.</p><p>Brooklyn signed Prince to a two-year extension worth $29 million. He’s averaging 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game this season for the Nets while shooting 40.8 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from beyond the arc and 70.4 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Nets are 11-10 on the season, good for seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. 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Taurean Prince was ‘100 percent motivated’ to beat Hawks

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Taurean Prince was ‘100 percent motivated’ to beat Hawks