2019–20 Brooklyn Nets season


The 2019–20 Brooklyn Nets season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association, 53rd season overall, and its 8th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Six players from the 2018–19 team, including D'Angelo Russell, became free agents.
Before the season, on September 18, 2019, Joseph Tsai acquired the full ownership of the Nets from Mikhail Prokhorov. On March 7, 2020, Kenny Atkinson resigned as the Nets' head coach and was replaced by Jacque Vaughn on an interim basis.
The season was suspended by league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. On March 17, the Nets announced that four of its players tested positive for COVID-19, including Kevin Durant. On April 1, general manager Sean Marks announced that all four players recovered and were cleared by local health officials. On June 4, the regular season was declared over with the remaining games being cancelled when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play on July 31, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.

Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/club
117Nickeil Alexander-WalkerSGCanadaVirginia Tech
127Mfiondu KabengeleCCanadaFlorida State
231Nicolas ClaxtonPFU.S. Virgin IslandsGeorgia

The Nets entered the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. On June 6, the Nets agreed to trade their 17th pick of the draft, a future first round pick and Allen Crabbe to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Taurean Prince and a 2021 second round pick, though the trade was not be finalized until July 6. The team used their 17th overall pick to draft Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who was sent to the Atlanta Hawks in the Allen Crabbe trade. With the 27th pick, the Nets selected Mfiondu Kabengele, who was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange to draft rights of Jaylen Hands, and used the 31st pick to draft Nicolas Claxton.

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 10, 2019. On September 10, the Nets announced a venue change from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center for the October 18 game against the Toronto Raptors.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on August 12, 2019. In June 2020, the Nets released a revised eight-game schedule for the regular season.

Player statistics

Regular season statistics

As of March 12, 2020

Transactions

Trades

Additions

Subtractions