{"id":286197,"date":"2026-07-03T20:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286197\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:45:08","slug":"tyler-bilodeau-officially-joins-the-brooklyn-nets-signs-rookie-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286197\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Bilodeau officially joins the Brooklyn Nets, signs rookie deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 3, 2026, 12:15 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Former UCLA Bruin<\/a> and new Brooklyn Nets<\/a> second round pick Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> signed his rookie contract with the Nets on Friday. Bilodeau wrapped up his two-year career with UCLA earlier this season and is now set to begin his NBA journey.<\/p>\n

UCLA relied heavily upon Bilodeau in his two years in Westwood, with the 6\u20197\u201d forward<\/a> putting up 15.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 64 games with Mick Cronin and the Bruins<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What makes Bilodeau such an enticing player is his shooting. Bilodeau shot 40% as a junior in the 2024-2025 season before that number climbed to 46% as a senior. Bilodeau doesn\u2019t have the lateral movement that many wings in the NBA possess, but his long arms and shooting ability could make him a quality option off the bench at the power forward position.<\/p>\n

Bilodeau\u2019s contract is a two-way deal, meaning that the forward will likely be spending time with the Nets\u2019 G-League team, the Long Island Nets. Bilodeau taking a two-way deal was reported shortly after the Nets took Bilodeau last month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s lottery pick, Mikel Brown Jr., also signed his rookie deal on Friday but Brown\u2019s deal isn\u2019t a two-way deal, meaning that the Louisville guard will be spending the 2026-2027 season with the Nets\u2019 NBA squad.<\/p>\n

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Bilodeau getting taken with the No. 43 pick was about where he was projected to get taken. The Nets have had a busy offseason but Bilodeau should have a chance to show his abilities on the rebuilding Brooklyn team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before the season this fall, Bilodeau will play for the Nets\u2019 Summer League team<\/a>, which starts out back in California. Brooklyn\u2019s Summer League action starts up on July 4th in the California Classic in Sacramento.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 3, 2026, 12:15 p.m. PT Former UCLA Bruin and new Brooklyn Nets second round pick Tyler Bilodeau…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[679,98,100,99,9,24,63,106685,106686,20399,4503,12210,7204,41193,71354,20447,3723,16376,950,4500,7737,1328,949,106687,106688,106689,682],"class_list":["post-286197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-accessfree","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sourceucla-wire","tag-sstssportscollegeuclamens-basketball","tag-sstsnmens-basketball","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbig-10-hub","tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagcollege-basketball","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagmens-college-basketball","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagucla","tag-tagucla-bruins","tag-tagucla-bruins-mens-basketball","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286197","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=286197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}