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Nets Rule Egor Demin and Mikel Brown Jr. Out for Sunday
Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin will miss his sixth straight game on Sunday, when the team plays in Dallas.
Demin is recovering from a bone bruise in his right leg, and coach Jordi Fernandez said he is making progress and has returned to the court.
The Nets will reassess Demin’s leg after Sunday’s game, but did not say when he might return.
Rookie guard Mikel Brown Jr. will also sit out Sunday because the team has not cleared him to play on back-to-back days.
Brown said he is healthy, but is building core strength to handle the demands of a full season.
The team is managing Brown’s workload as he builds strength for his first year facing top-level professional players.
In Saturday’s loss, Nolan Traore scored 19 points and Day’Ron Sharpe recorded his first career triple-double, but Brooklyn gave up a lead it held for most of the game.
Egor Demin and Mikel Brown Jr. will both miss the Nets’ game in Dallas on Sunday.
Demin is set to miss his sixth straight game while recovering from a bone bruise in his right leg.
Coach Jordi Fernandez said Demin is progressing and the team will reevaluate his leg after Sunday’s game.
Brown is healthy but has not been cleared to play in back-to-back games as he builds core strength.
- Who
- Nets guards Egor Demin and Mikel Brown Jr.
- What
- Both will miss Sunday’s game. Demin is recovering from a bone bruise, while Brown has not been cleared to play back-to-backs.
- When
- Sunday; the date is not stated.
- Where
- Dallas.
- Why
- Demin is recovering from a bone bruise in his right leg. Brown is being held out of back-to-backs while he builds strength.
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Fernandez said Demin would not play Saturday or Sunday, and Brown said he was following the team’s plan to build his strength.
Demin and Brown are set to miss the Nets’ game in Dallas.
The Nets plan to reevaluate Demin’s leg injury.
- Demin
- Set to miss his sixth straight game
- Demin’s injury
- Bone bruise in his right leg
- Brown
- Not cleared to play back-to-backs
- Game location
- Dallas
- Reevaluation
- Demin’s leg to be reassessed after Sunday’s game
What people are saying
Yeah, he’s progressing well. He’s on the court. He’s not going to play [Saturday] or [Sunday], and then we’ll go from there.
So right now he’s not gonna play back-to-backs.
It’s all about getting stronger.