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The 2020-21 Brooklyn Nets are going to look much different from the 2019-20 team with Kevin Durant returning to the floor, Kyrie Irving being his No. 2 and Steve Nash being the rookie who’ll run the show.
But that doesn’t mean — for all the weird things the franchise experienced — 2019-20 was a throwaway year for Brooklyn.
Nets Wire is looking at the good and bad from 2019-20 nd handing out some end of the season grades. Let’s look at a wing who went from a two-way player to a contributor:
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
STATS: 15.4 PP36 | 38.8 3PT% | 104.8 DEF RTG
There were no expectations for Luwawu-Cabarrot when he signed with the Nets as a two-way player in October. By the time December rolled around, Brooklyn needed help because of injuries, and he stepped up, particularly on the defensive end.
Come January, TLC signs two 10-day deals, leading to his signing of a full-fledged multi-year NBA deal with Brooklyn in February.
By the time the Nets were in the bubble, he was a major contributor, leading the team in scoring in three of their eight seeding games — including the huge upset over the Milwaukee Bucks — and one of their four playoff games.
Now, the Nets have a ton of depth heading into 2019-20 — as much as there’s talk of them making a move or two this offseason. TLC may have a tough time getting minutes. But, he’s shown he can help, even in short minutes, in various ways.