The Brooklyn Nets (11-24) continued their home stand on Friday night with a matchup against the Western Conference Los Angeles Clippers (14-23) Brooklyn entered Friday's game looking to wash a bad taste out of their mouths following their buzzer-beater defeat to the Magic on Wednesday.

The Nets missed their first six shots, then their seventh, then their eighth, and by the time John Collins walked into an uncontested dunk at the 7:46 mark, they were already in a 16-2 hole. Head coach Jordi Fernández had seen enough,

The Brooklyn Nets' 2025 NBA Draft class was heavily-criticized, but former NBA player Michael Redd believes that those criticisms were premature.

Lottery pick Egor Demin led the Nets with 19 points and three steals on 5-of-10 from deep. Michael Porter Jr. added 18 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals, but had a rare off night shooting just 0-of-9 from behind the arc.

It reportedly would cost multiple first-round picks to acquire either the New Orleans Pelicans' Trey Murphy III or Brooklyn Nets' Michael Porter Jr. ahead of the 2026 NBA trade deadline.

Brooklyn's star has been involved in a fair share of trade rumors, and one Eastern Conference team could really use his services.

Brooklyn would have needed to part with a hefty contract to even make a deal for Young work, like that of Porter or starting center Nic Claxton or Terance Mann. It’s easy to see why the Nets were more appealing to Young than he was to them.

The Greenwood, Mississippi native played parts of the first three seasons of his pro career with Minnesota. He also played for the Detroit Pistons and in other leagues before he signed with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1995. His stay with the team lasted until he was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.

Egor Demin matched Kevin Durant's historic rookie feat during the Nets' thriller loss to the Magic on Wednesday.