The major question facing Nene last year was how he would adjust to a new role as backup center, after years of playing power forward next to Marcin Gortat. Nene has been vocal in the past about preferring to play power forward, but as the league got smaller and faster, it became clear that Nene’s future in the NBA was going to be at center.
Feelings among fans seemed largely optimistic. With his combination of size, strength, and skill it seemed obvious that Nene should be able to get whatever he wanted against most of the league’s backups, and the numbers bore that out this season:
| USG% | AST% | EFG% | %TOV | MPG |
| 2015-2016 | 22. |