The Nets are signing free agent forward Justin Anderson to a contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
Anderson will serve as a substitute player for Brooklyn, who lost combo forward Wilson Chandler for the season after he announced his intentions to remain home and care for his family on Sunday. The team is also slated to play without Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Nicolas Claxton due to injuries.
Teams are required to submit their final rosters by Wednesday, July 1 for the NBA restart, which is slated to commence in Orlando later next month.
Anderson, who was drafted No. 21 in 2015 by Dallas, spent part of this season with Brooklyn’s G League affiliate in Long Island. He earned a 10-day contract with the Nets in January, later being released by the organization.
Anderson holds prior experience with the Mavericks, Sixers and Hawks in his young NBA career, most recently joining the Wizards for training camp last fall. He owns career-averages of 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 13.1 minutes per contest.
Justin time !!
They already had plenty of talent with Dinwiddie, LeVert, Harris, Prince, Allen, Temple, and DeAndre to hold onto the 7th or 8th seed in the east. Of course they will still face either the Bucks or Raptors.
Correction, they will be swept by Bucks or raptots
I’ll say Nets get one win. I want to hear from Nets fans. How are you feeling considering your star players refusing to play
It was expected so I am not devastated. I hope they can win it all next year.
Win what, their division?
If raptots then fawns lol
I never said they wouldn’t be swept, my post was laced in sarcasm. Now that there’s a chance Dinwiddie is out it’s quite possible that the Nets end up losing to the Wizards if there’s a playoff to decide who gets the #8 seed.