Welcome to the Dariq Whitehead update, part two!
As noted in our last update on November 4, Whitehead is a valuable part of the organization. not just because he was one of two Nets draft picks taken late in the first round this June. It’s also but also the potential a healthy Whitehead, the potential he had shown at Montverde and sometimes at Duke, despite foot issues that led to two surgeries in less than a year, He’s the second youngest player in the NBA as well.
Whitehead also told me back then that he was around “75-80%” ready, which was understandable considering his five-month rehab and just getting re-adjusted to his basketball body.