Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson will be expected to carry a substantial responsibility when it comes to how the Nets play this season and for the near future. Johnson will be called upon to help Mikal Bridges score the basketball on offense and also be an effective defender on the defensive end as well.
Johnson was thrust into a new role once he came to the Nets as a result of the Kevin Durant trade to the Phoenix Suns. Johnson went from a fourth or fifth scoring option throughout his career with the Suns to a second or third option with the Nets last season.
Despite the role being new and asking a lot of him, Johnson thrived as someone who needed to have a good game on offense if his team were to win that particular. He recently made an appearance on the “2nd Wind” podcast and during that episode, he spoke on how his role with the Nets gives him more freedom than Phoenix did:
“This opportunity in Brooklyn allows me a little more of that freedom, you know? CP (Chris Paul), Book (Devin Booker), great players, even DA (Deandre Ayton), number one pick, great player, that’s a lot of options around where you have to, in a sense, sacrifice a bit of yourself to make the team a better unit. So, I’ll space the floor, I’ll shoot in Phoenix, you know? I’ll do all that stuff, drive closeouts. But, in Brooklyn, I have a little bit more freedom with the ball and that’s the way we want to play.”
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