Kendall Brown signs two-way with Brooklyn Nets after big season in Long Island
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The 6’7” former Pacer will fill the two-way spot vacated by Tyrese Martin when he signed a standard deal last week. The Brooklyn Nets have signed Kendall Brown, the Long Island Nets’ 6’8” shooting guard to a two-way deal, a vacancy that was created last week when Brooklyn converted Tyrese Martin from a two-way to standard NBA deal.
Mike Scotto of Hoopshype was first with the news.
The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a two-way deal with Kendall Brown, league sources told @hoopshype. Brown’s averaged 16.4 points on 56.5% from the field and 41% from 3-point range, 5.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.2 steals for Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. pic.twitter.com/rWO5AVZhYR— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) February 25, 2025
Not long after, both Brooklyn and Long Island announced the signing. Brown will remain in Long Island for Tuesday night’s G League game with Westchester and Wednesday night’s NBA game with OKC.
Brown will wear No. 10 with the Nets.
The 21-year-old last played in the NBA in the 2023-24 season. He played 15 regular season games for the Indiana Pacers, averaging 1.4 points in 4.2 points. He also played limited minutes in seven post-season contests. The season before, Brown played in six games for Indy after being drafted at No. 48 in the 2022 NBA Draft. As two-way, he spent most of his time with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ G League affiliate, those his first two years, playing 40 games.
He becomes the third youngest player on the Nets roster behind only Dariq Whitehead and Noah Clowney.
No word on the length of his deal, but it’s likely to be a two-year contract, given how late it is in both the NBA and G League seasons.
Brown’s two-way with Brooklyn comes after he he became one of the Long Island Nets “hidden gems” this year. He’s averaged 16.4 points on shooting splits of 57/41/75. For a quick guard, Brown has been known to pick up his fair share of steals, averaging 1.5 steals per game.
The Baylor product has been a workhorse for Long Island this season, averaging 36.3 minutes per game. Out of the 34 games he’s played down on Long Island, he’s started all but two of them, ironically the last two with Tosan Evbuomwan replacing him. Evbuomwan and Reece Beekman are, along with Brown the Nets’ three two-ways.
“Just coming in and being a guy that’s consistent,” Brown told NetsDaily earlier in the season when asked what it’s like to be Long Island’s “hidden gem’. “Doing whatever I need to do to help the team win, and just being aggressive at the rim and just using my best abilities to score and make my teammates better, so that’s where I can help.”
He has shown in his short time in the NBA and NBA G-League that he’s not only someone who can score, but he’s also someone who can also get his teammates involved.
When asked about that, Brown told ND, “I think it’s big because the ball has energy. So, getting teammates easy looks and easy shots is just going to help everyone. As a player, you want the same thing, so just starting that energy is good.”
Brown could now find himself playing again with Killian Hayes, signed to a 10-day last week. The two found quite the connection on the G-League level.
“It’s huge,” said Brown of his connection with Hayes. “He’s another veteran NBA guy so just playing with him, he makes it a lot easier for a lot of guys. So, just getting out and running, and finding an open looks. Finding me, he’s just going to help me. So, I enjoy playing with him and learning from him.”
There’s a possibility that the Nets could make one more signing before the season’s end. DeAnthony Melton is out with a torn ACL. That would take care of the roster spot, but the other bigger issue is whether they can find enough cap room to add a player and stay below the luxury tax threshold. With minimum deals pro-rated this time of year, each day that passes gives the Nets another $12,000 or so in space. By some calculations, the Nets could have just enough to sign another player, whether it’s two-way Evbuomwan, big man Drew Timme or someone else, in mid-March. Evbuomwan’s two-way deal extends through next season.
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