2020–21 Brooklyn Nets season

The 2020–21 Brooklyn Nets season is the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 54th season overall, and its ninth season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On September 3, 2020, the Nets hired Steve Nash as their new head coach.[1]

2020–21 Brooklyn Nets season
Head coach	Steve Nash
General manager	Sean Marks
Owners	Joseph Tsai
Arena	Barclays Center
Results
Record	14–11 (.560)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	YES Network, WPIX
Radio	WFAN AM/FM

Draft

2020 NBA draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club
1	19	Saddiq Bey	SF	United States	Villanova
2	55	Jay Scrubb	SG	United States	John A. Logan

The Nets entered the draft holding one first round pick and one second round pick.[2] The first round pick was acquired on June 20, 2019, in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.[3] The second round pick was acquired on July 13, 2018, in a trade with the Denver Nuggets.[4] The Nets used their 19th overall pick to select Saddiq Bey,[5] and then selected Jay Scrubb with the 55th overall pick.[6]

Roster

Roster listing

Brooklyn Nets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 1 Brown, Bruce 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1996-08-15 Miami (FL) G 4 Chiozza, Chris (TW) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1995-11-25 Florida F/C 33 Claxton, Nicolas  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-04-17 Georgia G 26 Dinwiddie, Spencer  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993-04-06 Colorado F 7 Durant, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988-09-29 Texas F 8 Green, Jeff 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown G 13 Harden, James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989-08-26 Arizona State G/F 12 Harris, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991-09-07 Virginia G 11 Irving, Kyrie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1992-03-23 Duke G 10 Johnson, Tyler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1992-05-07 Fresno State C 6 Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988-07-21 Texas A&M G/F 9 Luwawu-Cabarrot, Timothé 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995-05-09 France F 14 Pelle, Norvel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1993-02-03 Price HS (CA) F 0 Perry, Reggie (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 2000-03-21 Mississippi State G 20 Shamet, Landry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-03-13 Wichita State G 21 Shumpert, Iman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990-06-26 Georgia Tech	Head coach Steve Nash Assistant coach(es) Mike D'Antoni Ryan Forehan-Kelly Adam Harrington Royal Ivey Jordan Ott Tiago Splitter Ime Udoka Jacque Vaughn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: January 30, 2021

Standings

Division Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP Philadelphia 76ers 17 7 .708 0.0 11–2 6–5 5–1 24 Brooklyn Nets 14 11 .560 3.5 10–5 4–6 3–2 25 Boston Celtics 12 10 .545 4.0 5–3 7–7 1–4 22 New York Knicks 11 14 .440 6.5 5–6 6–8 1–3 25 Toronto Raptors 10 13 .435 6.5 6–5 4–8 2–2 23

Conference Eastern Conference # Team W L PCT GB GP 1 Philadelphia 76ers * 17 7 .708 – 24 2 Milwaukee Bucks * 15 8 .652 1.5 23 3 Brooklyn Nets 14 11 .560 3.5 25 4 Boston Celtics 12 10 .545 4.0 22 5 Indiana Pacers 12 12 .500 5.0 24 6 Atlanta Hawks * 11 12 .478 5.5 23 7 Charlotte Hornets 11 13 .458 6.0 24 8 New York Knicks 11 14 .440 6.5 25 9 Toronto Raptors 10 13 .435 6.5 23 10 Cleveland Cavaliers 10 14 .417 7.0 24 11 Chicago Bulls 9 13 .409 7.0 22 12 Miami Heat 9 14 .391 7.5 23 13 Orlando Magic 9 15 .375 8.0 24 14 Washington Wizards 5 15 .250 10.0 20 15 Detroit Pistons 5 18 .217 11.5 23

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on November 27, 2020.[7]

2020 preseason game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Preseason: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 13 Washington W 119–114 Irving (18) Jordan, Perry (7) Dinwiddie (7) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 1–0 2 December 18 @ Boston W 113–89 Durant (25) Allen (11) Irving, Jordan (5) TD Garden No in-person attendance 2–0
2020–21 preseason schedule

Regular season

The regular season schedule for the first two games of the season was released on December 2, 2020,[8] while the schedule for the first half of the season was released on December 4.[9]

2020–21 game log Total: 14–11 (Home: 10–5; Road: 4–6)
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 22 Golden State W 125–99 Irving (26) Jordan (11) LeVert (5) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 1–0 2 December 25 @ Boston W 123–95 Irving (37) Allen (11) Irving (8) TD Garden No in-person attendance 2–0 3 December 27 @ Charlotte L 104–106 Durant (29) Allen (14) Irving (6) Spectrum Center No in-person attendance 2–1 4 December 28 Memphis L 111–116 (OT) LeVert (28) Allen (15) LeVert (11) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 2–2 5 December 30 Atlanta W 145–141 Durant (33) Allen (13) Durant, LeVert (8) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 3–2
January: 10–6 (Home: 7–3; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 1 Atlanta L 96–114 Durant (28) Irving (11) Durant, Irving (4) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 3–3 7 January 3 Washington L 122–123 Irving (30) Allen, Durant (11) Irving (10) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 3–4 8 January 5 Utah W 130–96 Irving (29) Allen (18) Johnson (7) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 4–4 9 January 7 Philadelphia W 122–109 Harris (28) Allen, Jordan (11) LeVert (10) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 5–4 10 January 8 @ Memphis L 110–115 LeVert (43) Green (9) Allen, LeVert (6) FedExForum No in-person attendance 5–5 11 January 10 Oklahoma City L 116–129 Durant (36) Durant (11) LeVert (6) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 5–6 12 January 12 Denver W 122–116 Durant (34) Durant (9) Durant (13) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 6–6 13 January 13 @ New York W 116–109 Durant (26) Brown (14) Chiozza (7) Madison Square Garden No in-person attendance 7–6 14 January 16 Orlando W 122–115 Durant (42) Harden (12) Harden (14) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 8–6 15 January 18 Milwaukee W 125–123 Harden (34) Jordan (12) Harden (12) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 9–6 16 January 20 @ Cleveland L 135–147 (2OT) Durant (38) Durant (12) Harden (12) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 1,944 9–7 17 January 22 @ Cleveland L 113–125 Irving (38) Harris (7) Harden (11) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 1,944 9–8 18 January 23 Miami W 128–124 Durant (31) Jordan, Brown (8) Harden (11) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 10–8 19 January 25 Miami W 98–85 Durant, Harden (20) Durant (13) Harden (8) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 11–8 20 January 27 @ Atlanta W 132–128 (OT) Durant (32) Harden (8) Harden (15) State Farm Arena 1,008 12–8 21 January 29 @ Oklahoma City W 147–125 Harden, Irving (25) Perry (11) Harden (11) Chesapeake Energy Arena No in-person attendance 13–8 22 January 31 @ Washington L 146–149 Durant (37) Brown (9) Irving (8) Capital One Arena No in-person attendance 13–9
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 2 L.A. Clippers W 124–120 Irving (39) Harden (11) Harden (14) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 14–9 24 February 5 Toronto L 117–123 Harris (19) Harden (7) Harden (12) Barclays Center No in-person attendance 14–10 25 February 6 @ Philadelphia L 108–124 Harden (26) Harden (8) Harden (10) Wells Fargo Center No in-person attendance 14–11 26 February 9 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 27 February 10 Indiana Barclays Center 28 February 13 @ Golden State Chase Center 29 February 15 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 30 February 16 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 31 February 18 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center 32 February 21 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 33 February 23 Sacramento Barclays Center 34 February 25 Orlando Barclays Center 35 February 27 Dallas Barclays Center
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 1 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 37 March 3 @ Houston Toyota Center
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2020–21 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season statistics

As of February 7, 2021[10][11][12]

Brooklyn Nets statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jarrett Allen	12	5	26.7	.677	—	.754	10.4	1.7	.6	1.6	11.2
Bruce Brown	21	9	18.0	.582	.211	.750	4.3	1.0	.4	.4	6.3
Chris Chiozza	9	0	10.7	.282	.294	.818	1.1	2.3	.4	.3	4.0
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	3	21.3	.375	.286	1.000	4.3	3.0	.7	.3	6.7
Kevin Durant	18	17	35.9	.529	.449	.872	7.4	5.2	.8	1.4	29.5
Jeff Green	25	11	26.0	.513	.433	.816	3.7	1.3	.7	.2	9.2
James Harden	11	11	39.3	.485	.380	.872	8.1	11.8	1.1	.5	23.6
Joe Harris	25	21	31.4	.522	.497	.667	3.6	2.0	.5	.2	15.0
Kyrie Irving	16	16	35.8	.533	.430	.935	4.8	5.7	.9	.8	27.5
Tyler Johnson	8	0	8.5	.294	.273	—	.6	1.1	.5	.0	1.6
DeAndre Jordan	24	19	20.5	.800	—	.515	6.7	1.8	.4	1.3	6.7
Rodions Kurucs	5	0	3.2	.333	.500	—	.6	.4	.0	.0	.6
Caris LeVert	12	4	27.8	.435	.349	.765	4.3	6.0	1.1	.5	18.5
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot	25	5	19.3	.387	.366	.700	2.2	1.3	.6	.2	7.6
Norvel Pelle	1	0	17.0	.250	—	—	5.0	.0	.0	3.0	2.0
Reggie Perry	14	0	10.5	.412	.167	.667	3.7	.9	.1	.4	3.6
Taurean Prince	12	4	18.2	.405	.351	.889	2.8	.6	.7	.7	8.1
Landry Shamet	21	0	18.2	.355	.323	.857	1.5	1.2	.5	.1	6.7

Transactions

Trades

November 19, 2020[13]	To Brooklyn Nets Bruce Brown Landry Shamet Draft rights to Reggie Perry	To Los Angeles Clippers Luke Kennard Justin Patton Draft rights to Jay Scrubb 2023 second round pick 2024 second round pick 2025 second round pick 2026 second round pick
	To Detroit Pistons Rodney McGruder Džanan Musa Draft rights to Saddiq Bey Draft rights to Jaylen Hands 2021 second round pick Cash considerations
January 14, 2021[14][15]	To Brooklyn Nets James Harden 2024 second round pick	To Houston Rockets Dante Exum Rodions Kurucs Victor Oladipo 2022 first round pick 2022 first round pick 2024 first round pick 2026 first round pick 2021 first round pick swap 2023 first round pick swap 2025 first round pick swap 2027 first round pick swap
	To Cleveland Cavaliers Jarrett Allen Taurean Prince Draft rights to Sasha Vezenkov	To Indiana Pacers Caris LeVert 2023 second round pick 2024 second round pick Cash considerations

Additions Date Player Former team Ref November 23, 2020 Jeff Green Houston Rockets [16] December 1, 2020 Jordan Bowden Tennessee Volunteers [17] December 1, 2020 Nate Sestina Kentucky Wildcats [17] December 16, 2020 Kaiser Gates Maine Red Claws [18] December 16, 2020 Élie Okobo Phoenix Suns [18] December 18, 2020 Paul Eboua Stella Azzurra [19] January 28, 2021 Norvel Pelle Philadelphia 76ers [20] January 30, 2021 Iman Shumpert — [21]

Subtractions Date Player New team Ref November 27, 2020 Garrett Temple Chicago Bulls [22] December 3, 2020 Justin Anderson Philadelphia 76ers [23] December 11, 2020 Jordan Bowden Long Island Nets [24][25] December 11, 2020 Nate Sestina Long Island Nets [24][25] December 17, 2020 Kaiser Gates Long Island Nets [26][25] December 19, 2020 Paul Eboua Long Island Nets [27][25] December 19, 2020 Élie Okobo Long Island Nets [27][25] December 22, 2020 Jeremiah Martin Long Island Nets [28][25]

References

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2. "2020 NBA Lottery Results & 1-60 Draft Order". NBA.com. August 20, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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6. Hefferman, Todd (November 18, 2020). "Logan's Scrubb taken by Nets in second round, shipped to Clippers". The Southern. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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21. "Brooklyn Nets Sign Iman Shumpert". NBA.com. January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
22. @chicagobulls (November 27, 2020). "We have signed guard Garrett Temple. Welcome to Chicago, Garrett!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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28. "Brooklyn Nets Re-sign Chris Chiozza to Two-way Contract". NBA.com. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020. In a related move, Brooklyn has requested waivers on guard Jeremiah Martin.

External links

• 2020–21 Brooklyn Nets at Basketball-Reference.com