{"id":185168,"date":"2026-04-04T04:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185168\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:46:38","slug":"nets-suffer-blowout-loss-to-hawks-as-tank-job-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185168\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets suffer blowout loss to Hawks as tank job rolls on"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nets suffered a 141-107 beating at the hands of Atlanta before a sellout crowd of 17,548 at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn (18-59) remained tied for second in the lottery race, keeping pace with Indiana. The Nets are \u00bd-game behind first-place Washington, and two clear of Sacramento pending the Kings\u2019 tilt with the visiting Pelicans later on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Center Nic Claxton had a team-high 16 points and five rebounds, while Malachi Smith added 15 off the bench.<\/p>\n

Guard Trevon Scott, inked on a 10-day contract, had six points in his debut. Noah Clowney was ejected with 5:35 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\"NetsNets center Nic Claxton (33) drives against Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye (18) during the first half at Barclays Center, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Brooklyn, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

CJ McCollum had a game-high 25 points for the Hawks, who have won 19 of 22.<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. and rookie Danny Wolf both went from presumably out for the season to officially ruled out by Nets coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, well, obviously you guys know Day\u2019Ron [Sharpe] is out. With Mike and Danny, based on where we are right now \u2014 and based on where they\u2019re at with their rehab, and we only have one week left \u2014 they\u2019ll be out just from where they are,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cSo that\u2019s the update of those two.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an update that will shock no one.<\/p>\n

Porter hasn\u2019t played since March 10, suffering from a strained left hamstring. He\u2019ll end his season averaging a career-high 24.2 points on 46.3\/36.3\/85.9 shooting splits.<\/p>\n

Wolf, the last of Brooklyn\u2019s record five first-round picks, sprained his ankle March 22 and will end his rookie campaign averaging 8.9 points and 4.9 rebounds. He raised that to 10.8 points and 5.6 boards in his final 22 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, they both have been very positive stories for us,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201c[Wolf] being a rookie showed he belongs, and he\u2019s been able to do very different things. Danny, from shooting the ball to playmaking to rebounding to being that primary ballhandler, playing off the ball, different lineups, I\u2019m very happy with him.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynNic Claxton (l.), Michael Porter Jr. (c.) and Day\u2019ron Sharpe look on during the second half against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Brooklyn, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously efficiency is important. We believe he\u2019s a very good shooter. His playmaking efficiency has gotten better from college. And then defensively. \u2026 He surprised a lot of people. He didn\u2019t surprise us. We felt like he could do all those things and keep bodies in front, keep guys in front of the ball and guard smaller guys. So he\u2019s been very, very good.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then Michael in a new situation, being on the same team for seven years on a championship team and now having a different role, a different situation, everything has been also very positive. He\u2019s played at an All-Star level. In my opinion, he should\u2019ve been an All-Star. Now I want him to come back and have a chip on his shoulder, lead the team the way he\u2019s been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter could be traded this summer. He\u2019s also eligible for an extension of up to four years, $243 million, though would certainly command far less. Asked what Porter had shown the organization, Fern\u00e1ndez said, \u201cFor that you\u2019ve got to ask Sean [Marks, GM]. But me personally, he\u2019s been put in a different role and he\u2019s performed very well. He\u2019s represented himself and the club very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nets signed Trevon Scott to a 10-day contract. \u2026 Nic Claxton and Noah Clowney were upgraded to available against the visiting Hawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nets suffered a 141-107 beating at the hands of Atlanta before a sellout crowd of 17,548 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,21,9,24,63,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-185168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}