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Keon Johnson was waived by the Nets. Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\nIn a surprise, Keon Johnson won\u2019t be a member of the Nets this coming season.<\/p>\n
The team requested waivers on one of last year\u2019s most productive players. <\/p>\n
Days before training camp, they became even less experienced.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Johnson was a major piece of the Nets last season, starting 56 games and averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists. <\/p>\n
Only Jalen Wilson logged more minutes and the 6-foot-5 Johnson led the Nets in total games played (79). <\/p>\n
Johnson, it should be noted, was dealing with an unspecified injury, which played a part in the move, The Post\u2019s Brian Lewis reported<\/p>\n
Minutes also will be harder to come by in the backcourt, after the Nets used three of their five first-round picks on guards, selecting Egor D\u00ebmin, Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf.<\/p>\n
Keon Johnson was waived by the Nets. Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\n
Before the release of Johnson, the Nets were at 19 standard contracts. A team can only have 15 at the start of the season.<\/p>\n
A former star at Tennessee, Johnson was taken with the 21st pick in the 2021 draft by the Knicks and dealt to the Clippers for Quentin Grimes. He also played for the Trail Blazers before joining the Nets for the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n
Johnson was a bright spot last winter in a difficult season \u2014 the Nets won just 26 games, their fewest since the 2016-17 season \u2014 averaging a career high in points and rebounds. <\/p>\n
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Keon Johnson slams home a dunk during the Nets\u2019 121-119 home loss to the Warriors last season. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
He became a favorite of first-year head coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez, a quality defender with a strong motor. But with the Nets loading up in the draft, there was less of an opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a surprise, Keon Johnson won\u2019t be a member of the Nets this coming season. The team requested…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3124,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-235531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-brooklyn-nets","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115223451634149196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}