moved to the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> at the 2026 trade deadline. The Celtics didn’t get any players in return, just cash considerations.<\/p>\nBut that was the perfect situation for Minott, because the 23-year-old has improved his numbers while aligning with the organization’s timeline. Since being traded to the Nets, he’s averaging 10.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game on 49-40-80 shooting splits.<\/p>\n
Through his first few games in Brooklyn, Minott didn’t receive many minutes. But the middle of March marked a turning point. Since March 10, he’s played less than 20 minutes in just two of 11 games. He’s put up 14.4 points, three rebounds and 1.5 steals on 50-42-82 shooting splits.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn has spread out its minutes since the All-Star break as the organization navigates a rebuild. Losing has come with the process, but more opportunities for young players have been one of the few beneficiaries. Minott is one of them.<\/p>\n
Given his height and seven-foot wingspan, there is plenty of two-way potential regarding Minott. He isn’t a star, although it’s so early in his career that a breakout season can’t be ruled out. But knowing what we do after nearly five seasons, he has the chance to be a legitimate 3&D player for a postseason team.<\/p>\n
The forward really put the league on notice with a career-high 24 points, three steals and three blocks on March 12. He shot 6-for-9 from the field and 4-for-7 from three-point range.<\/p>\n
Minott has a team option for the 2026-27 season worth nearly $2.6 million, but the Nets have more than enough cap space to bring him back. Money isn’t even close to an issue for Brooklyn; in fact, last offseason, the organization had to figure out how to get to the salary floor.<\/p>\n
Expect the forward to be back with the Nets next year. Their plan to get competitive <\/a>could affect the roster, but if they stay the course and continue to develop talent, Minott will be a part of Brooklyn’s future. It has taken very little time for him to show that he is an efficient player with the potential to impact winning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Minott gave the Boston Celtics a glimpse of his potential during the 2025 NBA preseason. Across four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-188525","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-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188525","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=188525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}