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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. Time to look at one of the forwards who was new to Brooklyn in 2019-20:
Taurean Prince
STATS: 12.1 PPG | 33.9 3-PT% | 6.0 RPG
Prince grabbed more rebounds per game in 2019-20 than he ever has at the NBA level, but that was really the only statistical category he improved in.
Prince shot below 40% from the floor for the first time in his career. After shooting comfortably above league averaged from deep in both 2017-18 and 2018-19, he struggled from long-range all year. Moreover, Prince averaged a career-high 6.7 3-point attempts per game.
The 6-foot-7 forward’s defense was supposed to be a big part of what he does, but it wasn’t necessarily anything to write home about.
Now, what happened in 2019-20 isn’t necessarily indicative of what’ll happen when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving take the floor. Prince could make an impact with a more simplified role.
But there’s no debating he left a lot to be desired in his first year with the Nets.