Mikel Brown Jr.

Waiting for Mikel Brown Jr to bloom

No word yet on whether Mikel Brown Jr. will make his preseason debut Monday night in Washington vs. the Wizards and overall No. 1 pick, A.J. Dybantsa.

There’s only so much stock you can put into a preseason game, but a 34-point win is never a bad thing. It Brooklyn nailed 20 of 37 from deep and dished out 31 assists without Mikel Brown Jr., while stars made the most of the minutes.

The Brooklyn Nets visited the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night to open preseason play. Mikel Brown Jr. did not play, still rehabbing his ankle injury, nor did Joshua Jefferson and his stiff lower back.

A pre-draft concern about Mikel Brown Jr. arose just before the Brooklyn Nets’ first preseason game, showing the Clippers dodged a bullet.

Nets fans sat through two tanking seasons — and suffered through almost 120 losses — to land first Egor Dëmin and then Mikel Brown Jr. as the payoff. It’s no surprise, then, that those fans have pinned their hopes on the pair of 20-year-olds as the backcourt of the future and…

Nets rookie Mikel Brown Jr. has returned to limited practice after a left ankle injury, but he is not yet cleared for contact.

The Brooklyn Nets open the preseason slate on October 6 at the Spectrum Center as they take on the Charlotte Hornets. They'll likely being doing so without number 6 overall pick from the 2026 NBA draft in Mikel Brown Jr.