2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season

The 2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 51st season overall, and its sixth season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. This was the last time that the Nets missed the playoffs until 2024.

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2017 NBA draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club
1	22	Jarrett Allen	Center	United States	Texas
1	27	Kyle Kuzma	Power forward	United States	Utah
2	57	Aleksandar Vezenkov	Power Forward	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona Lassa

The Nets would enter the draft holding two first-round picks and one second round pick. The highest first-round pick would be from the Washington Wizards, who acquired the pick alongside Andrew Nicholson and bringing back Marcus Thornton in exchange for Bojan Bogdanović and Chris McCullough. As for both their other first-round pick (which was Pick #27) and the sole second round pick they have, those would be had from their most infamous trade with the Boston Celtics for both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, while swapping first-round picks this year (which was the #1 pick originally). With their original second round pick, they lost that pick to the Atlanta Hawks in order for them to acquire Joe Johnson. On June 20, two days before the 2017 NBA draft began, Brooklyn would trade their 27th pick from Boston (which became power forward Kyle Kuzma from Utah University) alongside star center Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard D'Angelo Russell and champion center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, the Nets selected freshman center Jarrett Allen from University of Texas with the first-round pick they acquired from Washington. Under his sole season there, Allen recorded averages of 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while making it to the All-Big 12 Third Team as a member of the Longhorns. They also selected the Bulgarian/Cypriot/Greek tri-citizen power forward Aleksandar Vezenkov, who previously last played in the FC Barcelona Lassa out in the Liga ACB in Spain. As a player who previously played for both the Barcelona Lassa and Aris Thessaloniki under the Greek Basket League, Vezenkov earned numerous honors out in both Greece and Spain, including being the Greek League's MVP back in 2015 and winning the Spanish Supercup the same year.

2017–18 Brooklyn Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PF 13 Acy, Quincy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1990-10-06 Baylor C 31 Allen, Jarrett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1998-04-21 Texas PF 9 Carroll, DeMarre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1986-07-27 Vanderbilt, Missouri SG 33 Crabbe, Allen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1992-04-09 California SF 44 Cunningham, Dante 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987-04-22 Villanova PG 8 Dinwiddie, Spencer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993-04-06 Colorado SG 14 Doyle, Milton (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993-10-31 Loyola (IL) Chicago SG 12 Harris, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991-09-06 Virginia SF 24 Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1995-01-03 Arizona SF 22 LeVert, Caris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1994-08-25 Michigan PG 7 Lin, Jeremy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988-08-23 Harvard C 20 Mozgov, Timofey 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1986-07-16 Russia C 4 Okafor, Jahlil 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1995-12-15 Duke PG 1 Russell, D'Angelo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1996-02-23 Ohio State SG 2 Stauskas, Nik 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993-10-07 Michigan SF 0 Webb III, James (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1993-08-19 Boise State PG 15 Whitehead, Isaiah  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1995-03-08 Seton Hall

Head coach Kenny Atkinson Assistant coach(es) Bret Brielmaier Chris Fleming Jacque Vaughn Travon Bryant (assistant coach/player development) Adam Harrington (assistant coach/player development) Jordan Ott (advanced scout) Lloyd Beckett (Trainer) Dan Meehan (strength and conditioning) Legend (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: October 14, 2017

Player	Signed	Former team
Yakuba Ouattara[6]	Two-way contract	/ Association Sportive de Monaco Basketball Club
Milton Doyle[7]	Two-way contract	Loyola (Illinois) Ramblers / Long Island Nets
Jacob Wiley[8]	Two-way contract	Eastern Washington Eagles
James Webb III	Two-way contract	Delaware 87ers

Player	Reason left	New Team
Brook Lopez[1]	Traded	Los Angeles Lakers
Justin Hamilton[2]	Traded	Toronto Raptors / Beijing Ducks
Archie Goodwin[9]	Waived	Portland Trail Blazers / Greensboro Swarm / Northern Arizona Suns
Sean Kilpatrick[3]	Waived	Milwaukee Bucks
Yakuba Ouattara[10]	Waived	Long Island Nets