Nets center Day’Ron Sharpe suffered a right wrist contusion in Monday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at Barclays Center and did not play in Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Rookie Noah Clowney was called up from the G League ahead of the matchup to add frontcourt depth behind starting center Nic Claxton.
“I’ve gotten tremendous reports about Noah, him doing a great job down there in the G-league with Long Island, and I know he’ll be ready to play and ready to step in when his name is called,” interim head coach Kevin Ollie said.
Sharpe underwent imaging on his injured right wrist ahead of Tuesday’s game, according to Ollie. The team is still awaiting the results of his testing.
The 22-year-old suffered the injury with 9:20 left in the fourth quarter on Monday. After getting fouled on a dunk attempt in transition, he tried to hang on the rim for a moment to halt his momentum, but quickly lost his grip and wound up using both hands to cushion his fall.
Sharpe, who has averaged 7.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists across 46 games this season while shooting 58.3% from the field, missed 15 straight games from Jan. 11 — Feb. 10 because of a hyperextended left knee suffered on Jan. 7 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
THOMAS RAMPING UP
Cam Thomas missed his fifth straight game on Tuesday because of a right ankle sprain suffered late in last week’s road win over Memphis, but Ollie confirmed that the 22-year-old has been ramping up his activity in recent days.
Thomas was seen on a stationary bike, dribbling and dunking a basketball off his left foot after Monday’s shootaround in Brooklyn. He appeared to be in good spirits. Cam Johnson has started five straight games in Thomas’ place.
“He’s just getting better,” Ollie said of Thomas. “He’s ramping up his workouts and then keep leaning on our medical staff — and him also because he’s a big part of this — to let us know when he’s ready. But he is ramping up a little bit more than what he was doing prior.”
Thomas was averaging 16.4 points while shooting 39.7% from the field and 34.5% from 3-point range over his last five starts prior to injury. He missed nine straight games in November because of a left ankle sprain.
WILSON’S CONTRACT DETAILS
Rookie forward Jalen Wilson inked a three-year deal with the Nets last Friday after starting the season on a two-way contract.
While the full terms of Wilson’s agreement were not revealed, per team rules, Keith Smith of Spotrac reported on Tuesday that his team came out of Brooklyn’s non-taxpayer midlevel exception and that he will be paid $850K for the remainder of this season and will receive a guaranteed $75K next season.
The third season of Wilson’s deal, 2025-26, will be a team option for the Nets, per Smith.
