Nets starters Nic Claxton and Dorian Finney-Smith are both expected back for Wednesday’s regular-season opener in Atlanta.
“Nic is close. We’re still aiming for the first game of the season,” coach Jordi Fernandez said. “He’s done a good job. He’s working hard. So we expect him to play the season opener.”“Hard fall. Nothing serious. Just precaution,” Fernandez said. “He’s one of the guys that he still would go and run through the wall, and you’ve got to tell him to rest because his body is sore.
To keep him for the regular season, the Nets would have to clear out a standard deal to make room for him.The Nets must be roster-compliant before opening night, but to do so they’d need to waive the Exhibit 10s or convert them to standard deals or a two-way .After Cam Johnson was used as a high-post creator Wednesday in lieu of Simmons and Claxton — handing out a team-high six assists — he took a scoring role against the Raptors.
“I expect to do it all season. I think interchangeability is what we’re looking for,” Johnson said of his facilitating.“We’ve changed that position a lot,” said Fernandez. “We put him in splits. So it’s something with the way we are playing, everybody’s interchangeable.
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