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Bruce Brown is an athletic guard who can provide a burst of energy off the bench. He can make an explosive play at the rim on the offensive end and also showed significant improvement with his long-range shooting in his second NBA season, shooting slightly below league average (34.4%)
But the Nets didn’t acquire the guard from the Detroit Pistons in their three-way trade that also delivered Landry Shamet to Brooklyn from the Los Angeles Clippers.
And Brown knows that.
“Scoring-wise, that’s (Kevin Durant), Kyrie (Irving), we’ve got Caris (LeVert), Joe (Harris),” Brown said on a Zoom call with media Saturday. “I think I just come in and bring a dog mentality on the defensive end and match up with the best offensive player every night.”
Being a dog on the defensive end isn’t anything new to Brown either. That mentality helped him earn significant minutes in his two years with Detroit, turning him into a desirable player for the Nets.
“Obviously, (I was) a second-round pick (in 2018); thought I could have went higher,” Brown said. “So, I went in with the mentality of knowing what I can do, knowing my role early, locking in on the defensive and really pave a way for myself to play a little bit.”
That doesn’t mean Brown doesn’t expect to provide some assistance on offense. He thinks his playmaking ability will surprise some, as well.
Brown just knows his role — which, again, is a big part of why he should prove to be a great addition to the Nets.
“I think if you watched me play this past year, I’ve showed flashes of doing a little bit of everything out there,” he said. “I think I’m the only guard in Pistons history to have three games in a row with 10 rebounds, so I think I can do a little bit of everything out there, getting assists, and scoring if I need to.”