{"id":276011,"date":"2026-06-24T01:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276011\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T01:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:42:46","slug":"brooklyn-nets-select-mikel-brown-jr-with-6-overall-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276011\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets select Mikel Brown Jr. with #6 overall pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets have selected Mikel Brown Jr. out of Louisville University with the #6 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

As he said in his introductory interview with ESPN, Brown had this to say about Barclays Center. \u201cI\u2019m home. This is home now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The selection was greeted by celebrations in the Nets war room at HSS Training Center…<\/p>\n

Brown, 20, is the highest Nets selection since Derrick Favors, who went No. 3 overall in 2010, and just the team\u2019s second lottery pick since then, joining his new teammate Egor D\u00ebmin. Brown Jr., who turned 20 years old in April, was a one-and-done prospect at Louisville, averaging 18\/3\/5 for the Cardinals on 41\/34\/84 splits.<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to the draft, Brooklyn\u2019s interest in Mikel Brown Jr. was widely reported<\/a>. The Orlando native confirmed said interest himself on Monday afternoon, when he told Erik Slater of the Locked on Nets podcast and ClutchPoints that he had met with Brooklyn three times, including a visit at his family\u2019s house in Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely unique,\u201d he said of that particular meeting.<\/p>\n

Brown Jr. only played 21 games for Louisville, bedeviled by a balky back. General Manager Sean Marks is expected to speak with media via Zoom late Tuesday night, where he will surely be asked about Brown Jr.\u2018s medicals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel better than ever now,\u201d said Brown Jr. of his back, just after getting drafted.<\/p>\n

Still, in those 21 games, the 6\u20194\u201d guard showed why he was a consensus five-star prospect coming out of high school. He shot 65.3% at the rim on mostly self-created looks, threw some highlight passes in the pick-and-roll, and bombed away from three; you don\u2019t have to squint hard to see the offensive potential…<\/p>\n

There was some chatter about the Nets trading down from the #6 overall pick, not to mention the Nate Ament smoke, but they ultimately went with Mikel Brown Jr. What does this mean for Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf, two of Brooklyn\u2019s 2025 first-round picks? Well, nothing they\u2019d like to hear. Mikel Brown Jr. is now the franchise\u2019s most exciting prospect, likely the most exciting young player the franchise has had since arriving in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn isn\u2019t done yet. They still have the #28 pick and the #43 pick, though the second round of the NBA Draft is on Wednesday night, and by all accounts are actively working the phones. We\u2019ll keep you updated with Nets news all night long, but the biggest piece of the puzzle has fallen into place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even put it into words, I\u2019m just full of excitement. I mean, I\u2019m home. I\u2019m home, I\u2019m calling this home now.\u201d — Mikel Brown Jr.<\/p>\n

The Draft went according to plan through the eighth pick, with A.J. Dybantsa (Washington), Darryn Peterson (Utah), Cameron Boozer (Memphis), Caleb Wilson (Chicago), Keaton Wagler (The Clippers), Brown, Darius Acuff (Sacramento) and Kingston Flemings (Houston.) The first surprise came at No. 9 when the process\u2019s fastest riser, Michigan\u2019s Morez Johnson Jr.) was taken by Dallas.<\/p>\n

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