2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season

2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season
Head coach	Kenny Atkinson
General manager	Sean Marks
Owner(s)	Mikhail Prokhorov
Arena	Barclays Center
Results
Record	4–12 (.250)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	YES Network WPIX
Radio	WFAN AM and FM

The 2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season is the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 5th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Key dates

• April 17: The Nets hire Kenny Atkinson as their head coach.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	55	Marcus Paige	Point guard	United States	North Carolina

Roster

Brooklyn Nets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 13 Bennett, Anthony 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1993–03–14 UNLV G/F 44 Bogdanović, Bojan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989–04–18 Croatia F 35 Booker, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1987–11–25 Clemson G 10 Ferrell, Yogi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–05–09 Indiana G 2 Foye, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1983–09–24 Villanova C 41 Hamilton, Justin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–04–01 LSU G 12 Harris, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1991–09–07 Virginia F 24 Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1995–01–03 Arizona G 6 Kilpatrick, Sean 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1990–01–06 Cincinnati G 22 LeVert, Caris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1994–08–25 Michigan G 7 Lin, Jeremy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–08–23 Harvard C 11 Lopez, Brook (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1988–04–01 Stanford F 1 McCullough, Chris (DL) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1995–02–05 Syracuse F 4 Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 241 lb (109 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina G 15 Whitehead, Isaiah 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1995–03–08 Seton Hall	Head coach Kenny Atkinson Assistant coach(es) Bret Brielmaier Chris Fleming Jacque Vaughn Michael Batiste (player development) Adam Harrington (player development) Jordan Ott (advanced scout) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–12–02

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Toronto Raptors	14	6	.700	0.0	8–3	6–3	2–0	20
Boston Celtics	12	8	.600	2.0	5–4	7–4	3–0	20
New York Knicks	10	9	.526	3.5	8–3	2–6	1–2	19
Brooklyn Nets	5	14	.263	8.5	4–6	1–8	0–3	19
Philadelphia 76ers	4	16	.200	10.0	4–10	0–6	0–1	20

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	13	5	.722	–	18
2	Toronto Raptors *	14	6	.700	0.0	20
3	Boston Celtics	12	8	.600	2.0	20
4	Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	19
5	Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	18
6	Charlotte Hornets *	11	9	.550	3.0	20
7	New York Knicks	10	9	.526	3.5	19
8	Detroit Pistons	11	10	.524	3.5	21
9	Atlanta Hawks	10	11	.476	4.5	21
10	Indiana Pacers	9	10	.474	4.5	19
11	Orlando Magic	8	12	.400	6.0	20
12	Miami Heat	7	13	.350	7.0	20
13	Washington Wizards	6	12	.333	7.0	18
14	Brooklyn Nets	5	14	.263	8.5	19
15	Philadelphia 76ers	4	16	.200	10.0	20

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log Total: 1–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–3)
Pre-season: 1–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 Pistons W 101–94 Jeremy Lin (21) Trevor Booker (5) Randy Foye (4) Barclays Center 8,782 1–0 2 October 9 @ Knicks L 98–116 Anthony Bennett (15) Hamilton, McCullough (7) Yogi Ferrell (3) Madison Square Garden 19,601 1–1 3 October 12 @ Heat L 100–121 Jeremy Lin (16) Trevor Booker (8) Greivis Vasquez (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 1–2 4 October 14 Celtics L 97–100 Luis Scola (14) Trevor Booker (12) Jeremy Lin (7) Barclays Center 11,043 1–3 5 October 18 @ Celtics L 99–120 Sean Kilpatrick (15) Budinger, Lopez, McCullough (5) Jeremy Lin (5) TD Garden 15,925 1-4 6 October 21 Knicks L 111–116 Jeremy Lin (24) Hamilton, Scola (6) Jeremy Lin (10) Barclays Center 17,732 1–5
2016–17 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 5–14 (Home: 4–6; Road: 1–8)
October: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ Boston L 117–122 Bojan Bogdanović (21) Justin Hamilton (10) Trevor Booker (5) TD Garden 18,624 0–1 2 October 28 Indiana W 103–94 Brook Lopez (25) Trevor Booker (11) Jeremy Lin (9) Barclays Center 17,732 1–1 3 October 29 @ Milwaukee L 108–110 Bojan Bogdanović (26) Trevor Booker (14) Jeremy Lin (10) BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,570 1–2 4 October 31 Chicago L 88–118 Jeremy Lin (14) Trevor Booker (8) Jeremy Lin (4) Barclays Center 15,842 1–3
November : 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 2 Detroit W 109–101 Brook Lopez (34) Brook Lopez (11) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (6) Barclays Center 13,650 2–3 6 November 4 Charlotte L 95–99 Sean Kilpatrick (19) Trevor Booker (13) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (6) Barclays Center 15,775 2–4 7 November 8 Minnesota W 119–110 Brook Lopez (26) Trevor Booker (9) Isaiah Whitehead (7) Barclays Center 13,610 3–4 8 November 9 @ New York L 96–110 Lopez, Hamilton (21) Joe Harris (7) Sean Kilpatrick (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 3–5 9 November 12 @ Phoenix W 122–104 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (20) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Hollis-Jefferson, Booker, Kilpatrick (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,126 4–5 10 November 14 @ L.A. Clippers L 95–127 Bojan Bogdanović (18) Anthony Bennett (9) Yogi Ferrell (5) Staples Center 19,060 4–6 11 November 15 @ L.A. Lakers L 118–125 Brook Lopez (30) Lopez, Booker (26) Randy Foye (7) Staples Center 18,624 4–7 12 November 18 @ Oklahoma City L 105–124 Brook Lopez (22) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Isaiah Whitehead (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 4–8 13 November 20 Portland L 109–129 Brook Lopez (21) Brook Lopez (6) Lopez, Hollis-Jefferson (4) Barclays Center 16,608 4–9 14 November 23 Boston L 92–111 Sean Kilpatrick (23) Trevor Booker (12) Booker, Whitehead, Kilpatrick (3) Barclays Center 16,210 4–10 15 November 25 @ Indiana L 97–118 Brook Lopez (20) Trevor Booker (10) Whitehead, Kilpatrick (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,083 4–11 16 November 27 Sacramento L 105–122 Sean Kilpatrick (22) Justin Hamilton (10) Trevor Booker (5) Barclays Center 13,646 4–12 17 November 29 L.A. Clippers W 127–122 (2OT) Sean Kilpatrick (38) Sean Kilpatrick (14) Trevor Booker (5) Barclays Center 15,681 5–12
December: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 Milwaukee L 93–111 Brook Lopez (15) Trevor Booker (8) Whitehead, Kilpatrick (4) Barclays Center 12,675 5–13 19 December 3 @ Milwaukee L 103–112 Bojan Bogdanović (24) Anthony Bennett (14) Brook Lopez (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,565 5–14
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Brooklyn Nets Draft rights to Isaiah Whitehead[2][3]	To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Marcus Paige Cash considerations
July 7, 2016	To Brooklyn Nets Draft rights to Caris LeVert[4][5] Protected Indiana 2nd round-pick	To Indiana Pacers Thaddeus Young

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Jeremy Lin[6]	3-year contract worth $36 million	Charlotte Hornets
Trevor Booker[7]	2-year contract worth $18 million	Utah Jazz
Justin Hamilton[8]	2-year contract worth $6 million	Valencia Basket
Luis Scola[9]	1-year contract worth $5.5 million	Toronto Raptors
Greivis Vásquez[9]	1-year contract worth $5 million	Milwaukee Bucks
Anthony Bennett[10]	2-year contract worth $2.1 million	Toronto Raptors
Randy Foye[11]	1-year contract worth $2.5 million	Oklahoma City Thunder
Joe Harris[12]	2-year contract worth $2 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
Yogi Ferrell[13]		Indiana Hoosiers
Egidijus Mockevičius[13]		Evansville Purple Aces
Chase Budinger		Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New Team
Wayne Ellington[14]	2-year contract worth $12 million	Miami Heat
Willie Reed[15]	2-year contract worth $2.1 million	Miami Heat
Henry Sims		Salt Lake City Stars

References

1. "Nets name Hawks assistant Kenny Atkinson head coach". NBA.com. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
2. "Brooklyn Nets acquire draft rights to Isaiah Whitehead". nba.com/nets. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
3. "Brooklyn Nets sign Isaiah Whitehead". nba.com/nets. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
4. "Brooklyn Nets acquire draft rights to Caris LeVert from Indiana". nba.com/nets. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
5. "Brooklyn Nets sign Caris LeVert". nba.com/nets. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
6. "Brooklyn Nets sign Jeremy Lin". nba.com/nets. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
7. "Brooklyn Nets Sign Trevor Booker". nba.com/nets. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
8. "Brooklyn Nets sign Justin Hamilton". nba.com/nets. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
9. "Brooklyn Nets sign Luis Scola and Greivis Vasquez". nba.com/nets. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
10. "Brooklyn Nets sign Anthony Bennett". nba.com/nets. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
11. "Brooklyn Nets sign Randy Foye". nba.com/nets. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
12. "Brooklyn Nets sign Joe Harris". nba.com/nets. July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
13. "Brooklyn Nets sign Beau Beech, Yogi Ferrell, and Egidijus Mockevicius". nba.com/nets. August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
14. "Hat announce free agent signings". nba.com/heat. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
15. "Heat signs Willie Reed". nba.com/heat. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.