Wilson and fellow wing Tyrese Martin \u2014 both entering their third NBA seasons \u2014 have non-guaranteed contracts, and they are likely in competition for that final spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m always confident. And I know that I\u2019m always prepared,\u201d Wilson said Tuesday at an event at PS 335 in Crown Heights. \u201cHad some good games in preseason, we went out and won a game in China, so I\u2019m always confident in myself and what I\u2019m able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
After returning home from China on Monday, the Nets will play their final preseason game Friday in Toronto before rosters \u2014 15 standard contracts and three two-way players \u2014 have to be finalized on Monday of next week.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Wilson\u2019s guaranteed money (currently $88,000) will rise to around $382,000 if he is on the opening night roster, according to Spotrac, and $2.22 million salary for the year must be fully guaranteed by Jan. 10. <\/p>\n
Martin\u2019s deal contains no partial guarantees on his $2.19 million salary for 2025-26, which also must be fully guaranteed by the same date.<\/p>\n
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Jalen Wilson (above) and fellow wing Tyrese Martin \u2014 both entering their third NBA seasons \u2014 have non-guaranteed contracts, and they are likely in competition for the Nets\u2019 final roster spot. Getty Images<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-6 Wilson, the team\u2019s second-round pick out of Kansas in 2023, averaged 9.5 points and shot 33.7 percent from 3-point range last season, with 22 of his 79 appearances coming as part of the starting lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think availability is very big in the NBA, being healthy and taking care of your body,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cShoutout to our [performance] team, they get us right with treatment every single day, preparing us to be able to play \u2026 and I was very fortunate to be available and able to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson added that his expectations for his third NBA campaign are \u201cjust to get better and to improve every single year\u201d and \u201cto be the best defender, the best teammate and the best shooter that I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jalen Wilson speaks to media outside of a community event at P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School in Brooklyn on Oct. 14, 2025. Heather Khalifa for New York Post<\/p>\n
He also hopes to \u201ccontinue to be a sponge\u201d and soak up everything from his teammates and to be that sort of resource for the assemblage of rookies, who he believes have \u201clooked phenomenal\u201d in camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t give myself the vet card, but I am some years older than them and I\u2019ve played [in the NBA],\u201d Wilson said. \u201cMy rookie year I was soaking up from [teammate] Day\u2019Ron [Sharpe], and guys who only had been there two or three years at that time.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it\u2019s my third year and I just want to be a guy they can depend on for help. And I can learn something from them, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Whether that third year comes with the Nets is not a lock, but Wilson has bought into the team\u2019s rebuilding plan under second-year coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez following last season\u2019s 26-56 finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we try to prioritize us getting better and winning, getting one percent better every single day,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cPeople like to make their own statements, but I think in-house, what Jordi has [preached] every single day throughout the entire summer, just getting better every single day, that\u2019s really the only mindset we have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson, who grew up in Texas, added that Tuesday\u2019s event at PS 335 \u201cmeans a lot\u201d to him. He and Adidas surprised all students at the elementary school with new sneakers, book bags and other school supplies before hosting a basketball clinic for fourth and fifth graders in conjunction with the Brooklyn Basketball youth program.<\/p>\n
The Nets signed guard Malachi Smith, likely for G-League Long Island, and requested waivers on Terry Roberts and Trevon Scott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one appeared in more games for the Nets last season than Jalen Wilson, whose 79 appearances tied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[671,355,99],"class_list":["post-225488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}