2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season

The 2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season was the franchise's 48th season,^[1] its 39th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 3rd season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Preseason

NBA Draft

Pre-season trades

On July 1, head coach Jason Kidd, was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for two second-round draft picks in 2015 and 2019.^[4] To replace Kidd, the Nets signed Lionel Hollins as head coach.^[5] On July 10, the Nets traded Marcus Thornton to the Boston Celtics and the draft rights to Edin Bavčić and İlkan Karaman to the Cleveland Cavaliers, for Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev.^[6]

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Statistics (Summer League, preseason, and regular season) 

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Summer League

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brown, MarkelMarkel Brown	5	5	26.0	.529	.375	.800	4.2	3.2	0.6	0.0	10.0
Casey, KyleKyle Casey	3	0	11.7	.200	.000	.000	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.7
Clark, DanielDaniel Clark	2	0	8.5	.333	.000	.000	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Greene, DontéDonté Greene	5	3	19.4	.333	.294	1.000	3.6	2.8	1.0	0.6	9.4
Gutiérrez, JorgeJorge Gutiérrez	2	0	9.5	.500	.000	1.000	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	4.0
Jefferson, CoryCory Jefferson	5	2	21.4	.700	.000	.875	6.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	11.2
Jenkins, MichaelMichael Jenkins	5	0	15.8	.462	.308	.857	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.0	6.8
Karasev, SergeySergey Karasev	1	1	34.0	.444	.500	.500	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	11.0
Kromah, LasanLasan Kromah	1	0	7.0	.333	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Minnerath, NickNick Minnerath	4	0	8.5	.357	.714	1.000	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	4.8
Omic, AlenAlen Omic	1	0	10.0	.000	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Plumlee, MasonMason Plumlee	3	3	23.3	.750	.000	.643	4.7	1.7	1.7	0.7	18.0
Roberson, JohnJohn Roberson	2	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0
Southwell, ShaneShane Southwell	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Summers, DaJuanDaJuan Summers	5	4	20.6	.367	.222	.923	4.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	10.4
Teague, MarquisMarquis Teague	5	3	18.6	.455	.000	.905	1.6	5.8	1.2	0.0	9.8
Thames, XavierXavier Thames	5	2	20.4	.269	.167	.750	1.4	2.4	2.0	0.0	3.6
Thomas, AdonisAdonis Thomas	3	2	17.7	.360	.333	.875	3.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	9.0
Totals	5	—	—	.446	.312	.842	32.4	20.2	10.0	4.4	87.4

Source: NBA.com

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
	Start	End

Roster

2014–15 Brooklyn Nets roster
Players	Coaches
} Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 2.5 !G/F 6 Anderson, Alan 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–10–16 Michigan State 2.5 !G/F 44 Bogdanović, Bojan 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 1989–04–18 Croatia 1.5 !G 22 Brown, Markel 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1992–01–27 Oklahoma State 4.0 !F 55 Clark, Earl 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1988–01–17 Louisville 1.5 !G 0 Jack, Jarrett 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983–10–28 Georgia Tech 5.5 !F/C 21 Jefferson, Cory 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–12–26 Baylor 2.5 !G/F 7 Johnson, Joe (C) 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981–06–29 Arkansas 6.0 !C 9 Jordan, Jerome 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1986–09–29 Tulsa 2.5 !G/F 10 Karasev, Sergey  7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1993–10–26 Russia 6.0 !C 11 Lopez, Brook (C) 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1988–04–01 Stanford 1.5 !G 14 Morris, Darius 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–01–03 Michigan 5.5 !F/C 1 Plumlee, Mason 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1990–03–05 Duke 4.0 !F 33 Teletović, Mirza 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1985–09–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 !G 8 Williams, Deron (C) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1984–06–26 Illinois 4.0 !F 30 Young, Thaddeus 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1988–06–21 Georgia Tech	Head coach Lionel Hollins Assistant coach(es) Tony Brown Jay Humphries John Welch Paul Westphal Joe Wolf Jim Sann (assistant coach/advanced scout) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2015–04–06

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 26, 2014	Four-team trade
	To Brooklyn Nets Draft rights to 44th pick Markel Brown (from Minnesota) Draft rights to 59th pick Xavier Thames (from Toronto) Draft rights to 60th pick Cory Jefferson (from Philadelphia)	To Minnesota Timberwolves Cash considerations (Brooklyn)
	To Toronto Raptors Cash considerations (Brooklyn)	To Philadelphia 76ers Cash considerations (Brooklyn)
July 1, 2014[4]	To Brooklyn Nets 2015 second-round pick 2019 second-round pick	To Milwaukee Bucks Rights to hire Jason Kidd as head coach
July 10, 2014[6]	Three-team trade
	To Brooklyn Nets Jarrett Jack (from Cleveland) Sergey Karasev (from Cleveland)	To Boston Celtics Marcus Thornton (Brooklyn) Tyler Zeller (Cleveland)
	To Cleveland Cavaliers Draft rights to İlkan Karaman (Brooklyn) Draft rights to Edin Bavčić (Brooklyn) Future conditional second round pick (Boston)

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.
Kirilenko, AndreiAndrei Kirilenko	June 24, 2014	Opts in for second year	[7]
Anderson, AlanAlan Anderson	July 15, 2014	Multi-year deal	[8]

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.
Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins[lower-alpha 3]	July 2, 2014	Memphis Grizzlies	[5]
Bogdanović, BojanBojan Bogdanović	July 22, 2014	Fenerbahçe Ülker (TBL)	[9]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.
Livingston, ShaunShaun Livingston	Free agency	July 11, 2014	Golden State Warriors	[10]
Pierce, PaulPaul Pierce	Free agency	July 12, 2014	Washington Wizards	[11]

Notes

1. ↑ On July 12, 2013, the team traded their first-round draft pick to the Celtics.^[2]
2. ↑ On June 23, 2011, their second-round draft pick was traded to the Boston Celtics.^[3]
3. ↑ Signed to the team as a coach.

See also

• National Basketball Association portal
• 2014–15 NBA season

References

1. ↑ Brooklyn Nets 2014-15 Season Tickets on Sale Now
2. ↑ "Celtics Complete Trade With Brooklyn Nets". NBA.com. July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2014. 
3. ↑ "Celtics Acquire Draft Rights to Johnson". NBA.com. June 23, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2014. 
4. 1 2 "Bucks Reach Agreement with Jason Kidd to Become New Head Coach". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014. 
5. 1 2 "Lionel Hollins, Nets agree to deal". ESPN. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014. 
6. 1 2 "Brooklyn Nets Acquire Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev". NBA.com. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. 
7. ↑ "Kirilenko opts in for second season with Nets". National Basketball Association. June 24, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014. 
8. ↑ "Brooklyn Nets Re-Sign Alan Anderson". National Basketball Association. July 15, 2014. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014. 
9. ↑ "Lionel Hollins, Nets agree to deal". ESPN. July 22, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014. 
10. ↑ "Warriors sign Livingston to three-year deal". NBA.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. 
11. ↑ "Report: Pierce joining Wizards on 2-year deal". NBA.com. July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014. 

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