The Brooklyn Nets needed help on the wing after Michael Beasley had tested positive for coronavirus and left the bubble. Enter Justin Anderson.
The networks announced on Saturday that they had officially signed Anderson, who is reportedly already going through the quarantine process in Orlando. Anderson has only been signed in as a replacement for the reboot and will become a free agent this season.
NBA games with Dallas, Atlanta, and Philadelphia before this season. He had played 16 games the Long Island Nets of the G-League — where he averaged 20.5 points and 6.6 rebounds a game — and got a 10-day contract with Brooklyn where he played in three games this season." data-reactid="21">Justin Anderson is a 6’5 ″ winger who has played in 216 NBA games with Dallas, Atlanta and Philadelphia before this season. He had played 16 games at the G-League Long Island Nets – where he averaged 20.5 points and 6.6 rebounds from a game – and had a 10-day contract with Brooklyn, where he had played in three games in this season.
The Nets list was hit hard in the run-up to the reboot with Beasley, Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan and Taurean Prince all because of the coronavirus. Wilson Chandler has given up because of health problems. And this does not count Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Nicolas Claxton who were unable to play due to an injury.
Brooklyn enters the bubble like the seven seeds in the East, halfway through the eighth seed of Orlando, but does not run the risk of falling from the playoffs because Washington, which is just as short short, is unable to catch them.
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