When Dariq Whitehead, the Nets 22nd pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, steps on the court Friday night for the Long Island Nets, it will be another starting point in his return from a trio of foot and leg surgeries over a span of 27 months. The consensus high school player of the year in 2022 underwent his most recent surgery in January for a stress reaction to his shin.
Whitehead will be playing on the Long Island Nets for the foreseeable future as he looks to come back from that third surgery that ended his season.