Unlike so many of the Nets Sean Marks’ team has brought to Brooklyn, Shabazz Napier is not a reclamation project. Instead, the Nets just need him to build on his recent progress.
After a slow start in the NBA, with disappointing stints with the Heat and Magic, Napier developed nicely as the Blazers’ sixth man — and Damian Lillard’s back-up. But the scrappy 6’1” point guard brings more than just ball-handling, court vision and an improving 3-point shot.
Napier, who turned 27 Sunday, has a history of winning .