The Brooklyn Nets are less than two weeks away from the NBA Trade Deadline, where they could look to be a big player trading Cam Johnson to a contending team. J
Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez provided injury updates on Ziaire Williams, Cam Johnson, and Trendon Watford after practice on Friday.
The Indiana Pacers could be a contender to trade for the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Johnson, per NBA insider Jake Fischer on Bleacher Report. “I’m not ready to say the
Cam Johnson and the Nets are doing their best to block out trade speculation with the Feb. 6 deadline approaching.
Cam Johnson knows what time of year it is. With this a rebuilding year for the Nets, Johnson knew his name would come up in trade rumors.
Despite getting Johnson back for a game against one of the best teams in the NBA, the Nets lost at the Thunder 127-101 after a first quarter in which Brooklyn fell behind 39-19. Johnson had 15 points and two assists while Tyrese Martin had 15 points and six rebounds in a contest lost the final 36 minutes by a narrow 88-82 margin,
The Nets fell to 0-9 without Cam Johnson this season following Friday’s 102-101 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. When he isn’t in the lineup, it’s safe to say Brooklyn is cooked.
Enjoying a mid-career breakthrough, Johnson is averaging 19.6 points on 49.6/42.8/89.7 shooting splits, approaching the 50/40/90 benchmark reached by just nine players in NBA history. He’s the most coveted player on the trade market right now, quite possibly the only difference-maker available to a contender.
While Cameron Johnson has garnered interest from around the NBA, Cam Thomas is right up there as one of the most enticing trade pieces for the Brooklyn Nets.
The parity between the top and bottom of the NBA in 2024-25 is as lopsided as it’s ever been. Certain teams continuously cannot get over the hump. It’s been like that for the Trail Blazers, Hornets, and Wizards for years now. There are also teams like the Nets that have been contenders in the past.
The Heat, missing Jimmy Butler for the second game of his two-game suspension, committed 22 turnovers (leading to 29 Nets points) but mustered enough offense and defensive stops to dispatch a faceless Nets team that played without injured leading scorer Cam Johnson.