The outbreak of COVID-19 has put sports on hold in a historic turn of events. Basketball has never been in such a perplexing place and neither has the role of Jarrett Allen on the Brooklyn Nets.
The Nets selected Allen in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-11, 237-pound big man has worked his way to become the team’s starting center ever since. Allen hasn’t been perfect and struggles to remain consistent. Nonetheless, he’s shown a great deal of promise and the understanding was that the Nets would continue to develop him.