After two interesting first campaigns but above all full of promise, the Nets had high expectations of Nic Claxton this season. Except with only five games played in the first 50 days of the regular season, the interior had an extremely complicated start to the year.
Sick for three weeks, the young 22-year-old is slowly starting to enter his season. Over the last four matches, he has averaged 15 points with a 75% success rate in the shoot.
And although he only scored 9 points (but took 6 rebounds and blocked 4 shots) against the Lakers on December 25, he stood out with his alley-oop on LeBron James in the last minutes of the game. . “It is clearly the most memorable action of my career”, he told the New York Post. ” It was crazy. “
A big plus for confidence
His basket allowed the Nets to pass a fatal 7-0 to the Californians in the “money time” and to him to take the first place of the Christmas Top 10. Above all, this action could symbolize his good passage of the last days as well as announce beautiful things to come, if he confirms over time.
“It’s sure to be good for boosting my confidence. The coaching staff believed in me to end up in a big game, and my teammates also believed in me. James Harden didn’t hesitate to give me this pass, it says a lot about what he thinks of me. I managed to score, so my confidence will swell. I can’t wait to continue, I have no limit. “
Especially with the very probable return of Kevin Durant in the coming days, and that of Kyrie Irving who should intervene in the course of the month of January, according to the last words of Steve Nash, Nic Claxton will have more freedom and space offensively. He should feast on the “Big Three” to serve him.
“I hope he will be able to come back fully because, when the group is complete, it will hurt”, he announced to SNY, referring to the leader, after the game against the Clippers where he scored 18 points to 8/9 shooting. “He will change everything for us, make things easier for everyone on the floor. I can’t wait to see him again. “
| Nicolas Claxton | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | BRK | 15 | 13 | 56.2 | 14.3 | 52.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 32 | 19 | 62.1 | 20.0 | 48.4 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 6.6 |
| 2021-22 | BRK | 12 | 20 | 62.9 | 0.0 | 52.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| Total | 59 | 17 | 61.2 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 6.2 | |
