The Nets now have four big men between the ages of 20 and 22. In ascending order of age: Reggie Perry, Nicolas Claxton, Jarrett Allen and Rodions Kurucs. How young are they? One of the top bigs in this year’s NBA Draft, Obi Toppin, is older than all of them save Kurucs and he’s only a month older than Toppin.
None of them are complete players. Allen is closest and easily has the most experienced with 5,394 minutes in 222 games. So developing them is a top priority for the Nets.
Enter Amar’e Stoudmire, the Nets new big man coach who as recently as July was still playing in Israel, winning the MVP in the Israeli League.