Former Nets shooting guard Isaiah Whitehead is reportedly joining Polish club Slask Wroclaw, according to Karol Wasiek of ZKrainyNBA.com (hat tip to Dario Skerletic of Sportando).
The 6’4″ swingman spent the 2023/24 season plying his trade for Israeli club Ironi Ness Ziona B.C., notching averages of 14.0 points, 4.6 assists per game, and four rebounds a night.
Whitehead was selected with the No. 42 overall pick by the Nets out of Seton Hall in 2016. Across two seasons with Brooklyn, the 29-year-old averaged 7.2 points on a .411/.305/.788 slash line, along with 2.4 boards and 2.4 dimes. He has been playing internationally since 2018.
There’s more from around the NBA world:
- In a new piece, The Athletic’s Zach Harper takes stock of a wide-open Western Conference, projecting which clubs have a realistic shot at winning it all in 2024/25. Harper also lays out a Hall of Fame case for Celtics guard Jrue Holiday. The 6’4″ vet has now won two NBA and Olympic titles as a key contributor, has racked up a pair of All-Star accolades and has earned six All-Defensive Team honors.
- Nets point guard Dennis Schröder recently took umbrage with Suns forward Kevin Durant’s critical post-Olympic tweet, seen as a shot at an initial Schröder comment, writes Lucas Kaplan of NetsDaily. Schröder, who recently starred in the Paris Olympics for Team Germany, praised European basketball as “straight IQ basketball,” while he called the U.S. brand of the game as “entertainment.” After winning a gold medal for Team USA, Durant attached the caption “ENTERTAINMENT & IQ” to a photo of the gold-winning team on his personal Twitter account. “You’re that type of a star and have to say something to a person like me, who [didn’t] even mean it to be negative, just what I see from both sides. I didn’t appreciate it — not even appreciate it, I don’t care,” Schröder said on Twitch (Twitter video link). “… To say that tells me how weak he is as a person, you know what I’m saying? … It is what it is. Not everybody is strong, not everybody is in a good place.”
- In case you missed it, we recently published projections for the maximum salaries, minimum salaries, and mid-level/bi-annual exceptions for the 2025/26 season.
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Dennis is right on the money…
No he’s not. He takes any kind of retort as weak? Kevin Durant is just bored. He’s single and doesn’t go out. He surfs the internet. He makes his comments.
So does Dennis Schroeder. No problem. Don’t be so weak that you’re afraid of a come back. Entertainment Plus IQ. Go USA. Just my 2 cents. Replies ALWAYS welcome.
Dennis picks the low-hanging fruit in Kevin Durant. It’s easy to say Kevin Durant is weak because everyone says it. Not sticking yourself out there too much with a comment like that. Not really the hot take there.
Dennis is fine doing what a lot of Americans are doing today. Bashing the country in some way yet making millions working and living here. Okay fine. His opinion is welcome.
Nah. Durant is weak, full-stop. No other NBA player of the modern day is as easily offended as him, and it isn’t close. The whole burner saga is enough proof of that, but he’s continued doing it since instead of growing a bit. His skin is so thin.
I’m more inclined to believe that Dennis didn’t mean it the way Durant took it and is annoyed at him for being so snappish. Durant’s the most Karen professional athlete I can think of.
Your thoughts are valid for sure. I just think Durant is bored.