In today's Nets news, the Brooklyn Nets are being creative when it comes to finding talent this offseason, especially in light of the fact that they have no draft picks in 2014 and very little room to sign free agents on the open market.
Therefore, the Nets are conducting a three-day free agent mini-camp to find potential diamonds in the rough in a pool of players with limited to no NBA experience.
Here's Reed Wallach of Nets Daily's top performer from Wednesday's action:
Few players in East Rutherford Wednesday morning have NBA experience, most coming from the D-League and European circuit --or both-- after playing in college on American soil. However, it was a highly touted Lithuanian, Mantas Kalnietis, who's never played in the US, who stole the show.
Kalnietis did most of his work on the ball, running pick-and-rolls with his teammates and pushing the ball hard up court, but he may have the size, at 6'5" 185, to play off the ball. The Lithuanian Player of the Year didn't take any shots from beyond the arc during the scrimmages, but he's proven to be a capable three-point shooter. He shot 34% last season for his Russian club. Kalnietis also made several beautiful passes down the floor to get his team some easy buckets while threading the needle several times on drives.
Wallach also name-checked former Georgetown star DaJuan Summer as a potential gem. Summer has 83 games of NBA experience, and at six-foot-eight, can play both inside and out with effectiveness.
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