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Nets full injury report for Wednesday’s tilt against Raptors

Here is the Brooklyn Nets’ full injury report for Wednesday’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors.

The Brooklyn Nets have three games remaining on their 2023-24 season before everyone within the organization heads back home to begin their offseason following a disappointing season. As this season comes to a close for Brooklyn, they will be dealing with a longer-than-normal injury report due to the wear-and-tear of a long season.

In the Nets’ injury report ahead of Wednesday’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn has one of the lengthier lists that they’ve had this season, starting with who is out. Forward Dorian Finney-Smith (left knee effusion), Two-Way forward Jaylen Martin (left ankle sprain), and backup guard Dennis Smith Jr. (right hip synovitis) will all miss Wednesday’s contest vs. the Raptors.

Finney-Smith missed Sunday’s 107-77 loss to the Sacramento Kings with his knee issue while Smith has missed seven of the past eight games with the inflammation in his right hip. Martin has been relegated to the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, ever since he signed his Two-Way contract with Brooklyn in February.

Moving on, center Nic Claxton (left ankle sprain), forward Cam Johnson (left big toe sprain), and Two-Way guard Jacob Gilyard (left hip contusion) are listed as probable for Wednesday’s tilt against Toronto. Claxton missed Sunday’s loss to the Kings after twisting his ankle in Saturday’s 113-103 win over the Detroit Pistons.

Johnson has been dealing with his toe ailment for awhile now and as such, he has missed six of the past eight games as the team is being cautious with him given the amount of injuries he has suffered this season.

Gilyard, similar to Martin, has spent most of his time in Long Island since coming to Brooklyn in March, but he has played in two games for Brooklyn when the team had been missing too many ball-handlers due to injuries.

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Report: Nets agree to Two-Way deal with forward Jaylen Martin

Per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a Two-Way contract with Jaylen Martin.

The Brooklyn Nets have undergone a lot of changes as they have fired Jacque Vaughn and promoted Kevin Ollie to interim head coach to take his place. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Nets have been making the news in a lot of ways, including welcoming a new player to the team as well.

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype on Tuesday, the Nets have agreed to a Two-Way contract with Jaylen Martin. Martin, 20, played his high school basketball in Florida before foregoing college basketball to play in the Overtime Elite league during the 2022-23 season for Ollie, who was the head of coaching and player development for the league during that time.

During his time in the OTE, Martin played so well that he finished second in the league’s Most Improved Player award voting after leading his team to the championship game with averages of 14.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game. Martin went undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft, but signed a Two-Way contract with the New York Knicks following the draft.

While Martin never appeared in a game for the Knicks this season, he did play for New York’s G League affiliate, the Westchester Knicks. For Westchester, Martin averaged 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 54.3% from the field and 40.4% from three-point land in 20 regular-season appearances.

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