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 coachSteve Nash
General managerSean Marks
OwnersJoseph Tsai
ArenaBarclays Center
Results
Record14–11 (.560)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionYES Network, WPIX
RadioWFAN AM/FM

Draft
Main article: 2020 NBA 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.NameHeightWeightDOB (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
Assistant coach(es)
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

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)
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)
January: 10–6 (Home: 7–3; Road: 3–3)
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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 Allen12526.7.677—.75410.41.7.61.611.2
Bruce Brown21918.0.582.211.7504.31.0.4.46.3
Chris Chiozza9010.7.282.294.8181.12.3.4.34.0
Spencer Dinwiddie3321.3.375.2861.0004.33.0.7.36.7
Kevin Durant181735.9.529.449.8727.45.2.81.429.5
Jeff Green251126.0.513.433.8163.71.3.7.29.2
James Harden111139.3.485.380.8728.111.81.1.523.6
Joe Harris252131.4.522.497.6673.62.0.5.215.0
Kyrie Irving161635.8.533.430.9354.85.7.9.827.5
Tyler Johnson808.5.294.273—.61.1.5.01.6
DeAndre Jordan241920.5.800—.5156.71.8.41.36.7
Rodions Kurucs503.2.333.500—.6.4.0.0.6
Caris LeVert12427.8.435.349.7654.36.01.1.518.5
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot25519.3.387.366.7002.21.3.6.27.6
Norvel Pelle1017.0.250——5.0.0.03.02.0
Reggie Perry14010.5.412.167.6673.7.9.1.43.6
Taurean Prince12418.2.405.351.8892.8.6.7.78.1
Landry Shamet21018.2.355.323.8571.51.2.5.16.7

Transactions
Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season 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

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