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Spencer Dinwiddie among Nets to receive 2K20 ratings bump, Garrett Temple takes a hit

The people at NBA 2K have been impressed with Jarrett Allen’s play of late, but feel DeAndre Jordan hasn’t lived up to his previous rating.

It’s not exactly a secret Spencer Dinwiddie has been dominant for the Brooklyn Nets over the last couple of weeks. Since Kyrie Irving was sidelined with a right shoulder impingement, He’s been Brooklyn’s top scorer and is now one of 28 players in the NBA averaging at least 20 points per game.

As a result, Dinwiddie was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Week 5 and was a nominee for Week and for November’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month. But the recognition doesn’t end there for Dinwiddie.

The latest NBA 2K20 ratings updates have been released, and Dinwiddie was among those who received a bump. Dinwiddie started the year with an overall rating of 80 and is now an 83.

Jarrett Allen was also bumped up to an 81 and Joe Harris is now a 78.

But not everyone received a bump in the latest update. Some have lived up to and maintained their current rating. Then there are who haven’t.

Apparently, the people at 2K feel five Nets have been slight disappointments. DeAndre Jordan (81), Taurean Prince: (76), Rodions Kurucs (74), Garrett Temple (73) and Iman Shumpert (72) each saw their individual ratings drop by a point.

Nic Claxton added to Nets injury report, probable against Heat

Brooklyn Nets rookie Nick Claxton is dealing with some hamstring soreness ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the Miami Heat.

Nic Claxton did not appear in the second game of the home-and-home series against the Boston Celtics — which the Nets won — and could be a scratch for Sunday’s game with the Miami Heat. The Brooklyn Nets rookie has been listed as probable by the team due to left hamstring soreness.

With DeAndre Jordan healthy again after he missed Brooklyn’s games in Cleveland and Boston due to left ankle soreness and Jarrett Allen rolling, Kenny Atkinson may feel less inclined to call Claxton’s number due to the general nagging nature of hamstring injuries, even if his is minor.

Kyrie Irving (out, right shoulder impingement) did not participate in practice on Saturday because the Nets essentially held a walkthrough, according to Alex Schiffer of The Athletic.

Kenny Atkinson said that Kyrie Irving didn’t practice on Saturday because the team had more of a walkthrough than practice.

— Alex Schiffer (@Alex__Schiffer) November 30, 2019

Rodions Kurucs won’t be available for the Nets on Sunday either, though not because of injury. He will be on assignment with the Long Island Nets in the G League.

Rodions Kurucs recalled from G League by Nets

Rodions Kurucs is back with the Brooklyn Nets for their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Whatever the root cause is — it could be his issues off the court or something as simple as the inability to get into a rhythm — Rodions Kurucs hasn’t been able to provide the Brooklyn Nets with much on the court to start the 2019-20 season.

As a result, the forward has spent a deal of time with Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. In his three games with Long Island this season, Kurucs is averaging 7.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

Ahead of Brooklyn’s matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, the Nets announced they had recalled Kurucs from Long Island.

In his nine games with Brooklyn this season, Kurucs is averaging 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds a game after averaging 8.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game last year. He’s also only averaging 10.9 minutes per game, which is almost half the amount of time he would play on a nightly basis for the Nets during the 2018-19 season (20.5).

Rodions Kurucs makes third court appearance regarding ongoing case

Rodions Kurucs had another day in court regarding his ongoing case. He has another court date scheduled for January.

Along with David Nwaba, Rodions Kurucs was assigned to Brooklyn’s G League team, the Long Island Nets, for practice on Tuesday. But before his assignment, Kurucs had to make another appearance in court, regarding his ongoing domestic violence case with his now ex-girlfriend.

According to Andrew Denney of the New York Post, Kurucs did appear at the Brooklyn Criminal Court on Tuesday, this being his third time in court for the case.

Alex Spiro is representing Kurucs in the case. Both declined the opportunity to comment for reporters after the hearing.

Kurucs is due back in court on January 8 — the same night the Nets host the Denver Nuggets — according to Denney.

On September 3, Kurucs was arrested at his Brooklyn apartment for allegedly choking his now ex-girlfriend. The alleged incident took place on June 27.

Rodions Kurucs assigned to Long Island Nets

After playing each of Brooklyn’s first seven games, Rodions Kurucs only made one appearance on the Nets’ five-game road trip.

After a tumultuous offseason in which he was dealing with issues off the court, Rodions Kurucs has struggled on the floor for the Brooklyn Nets to start the 2019-20 season. The forward was part of the Nets rotation throughout the first seven games, but did not play when Brooklyn made the trip to Portland.

Over the course of the five-game road trip, Kurucs only saw time in the blowout loss to the Phoenix Suns.

With Kurucs not seeing the floor for Brooklyn, the team has assigned Kurucs to its G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, ahead of their game against the Windy City Bulls on Sunday.

Last year, Kurucs appeared in 63 games for Brooklyn, averaging 8.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game on 20.5 minutes a night. He started in 46 of the games he played in for Brooklyn.

Along with Kurucs’ slow start, the emergence of Nets rookie Nic Claxton throughout the road trip may have had an impact on the second-year forward losing time. While Claxton first received minutes as a result of DeAndre Jordan’s sprained ankle, the rookie continues to receive time even though the veteran big man has returned to the floor.