Whatever incremental improvements the Nets have made, they’ve been made without touching the league’s biggest cache of assets.
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they → make → assets
What will determine when GM Sean Marks finally cashes some of them in?
How quickly their young players develop, and what star becomes available.
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star → determine → them
Internally, it’s going to be on how the [young Nets] develop, right?” Marks said.
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Marks → go → ?
“Whether it’s Egor [Dëmin], whether it’s Nolan [Traore] … it runs the gamut, across the whole lot of them.
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it → ’ → them
Who can take that next step?
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Who → take → step
And we’ll get a good feel for, ‘OK, he’s playing above where expectations were,’ or, ‘He’s developed earlier than we may have thought.’
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we → get → feel
But it’s also a combination of what becomes available.
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what → ’ → ?
“So you keep your flexibility. …
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you → keep → flexibility
We’re always listening.
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We → listen → ?
I’m not sure we’re going to be any more active than we’ve been in the past, but it doesn’t mean we’re not listening.
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we → ’m → past
It doesn’t mean we’re not shaking trees and seeing what’s out there, for sure.
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what → mean → trees
So a lot will be predicated first and foremost on what this roster looks like, and we’ll get a good feel for that pretty good.”
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we → predicate → that
Of those aforementioned youngsters, rookie Mikel Brown Jr. rolled his left ankle last week but is recovering and back out on the court on a limited basis.
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Jr. → roll → basis
“Yeah, I’m doing everything possible to get back on the floor,” Brown said.
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Brown → do → floor
“I’m back on the floor shooting and moving around a little bit.
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It’s coming along well.
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It → come → ?
I’ve progressed very fast.
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I → progress → ?
We’re just attacking it.
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We → attack → it
We’re attacking the rehab and taking it a day at a time.”
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We → attack → time
Traore and Grant Nelson are both cleared to start camp after they missed Summer League, the former fully recovered from a right knee procedure and the latter back from a postseason knee procedure and early leg woes.
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latter → clear → procedure
“Physically, those guys are ready for camp,” Marks said.
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Marks → say → camp
“Nolan will be ramped up a little bit, but at this time I don’t see him missing any days.
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him → ramp → days
Grant is full-go now, which is great to see.
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which → see → ?
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Traore looked visibly more muscular from last season.
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Traore → look → season
After the arrival of All-Star Julius Randle, Noah Clowney — who started 60 games last season — is going to lose shots and minutes.
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who → start → shots
But he knows the path to preserving what playing time he can.
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he → know → time
“To be honest, be a better defender,” Clowney said.
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Clowney → say → ?
“You bring in more people who are going to have the ball on the offensive end… so you want to get the minutes, [I’ll get less shots], that’s the reality.
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that → bring → shots
So guarding, making the shots when they come, not forcing, keeping the offense flowing, simple stuff.
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they → make → offense
“Roles are going to change — that’s a given.
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that → go → ?
I’m probably not going to shoot as many shots as I shot last year.
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I → go → shots
We all know that.
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When your opportunity comes, make the most of it.”
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opportunity → come → it
Josh Minott said he understood his role will change, running less offense but being a disruptor.
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role → say → offense
“Everything starts defensively,” Minott said.
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Minott → start → ?
“If you don’t have that, you really don’t have anything.”
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you → have → anything
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