The Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors sat so many guys on Sunday after that it would just be easier to list the starting lineups and go from there...
Yep, that’s Reece Beekman and Drew Timme bookending Brooklyn’s lineup, each making their first career starts, as YES Network pointed out.
Either the Nets were tanking to ensure themselves the sixth-best odds entering the NBA Draft Lottery, they wanted to get a look at the back-end of the roster, or more simply, both.
This is some odd timing. Brooklyn likely doesn’t need to try this hard to secure those sixth-best odds, entering Sunday 2.