Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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Mikel Brown Jr.’s second career game could present him with a long-awaited matchup against his friend and mentor, Donovan Mitchell.
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game → present → friend
But the former Louisville stars won’t share the court for much — if any — time Saturday night in Cleveland.
asserted
stars → share → Cleveland
The minutes restriction placed on the No. 6 overall pick in his NBA debut will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
“It’s how it is until we change it, and right now we know the sample size is going to be way bigger,” Nets coach Jordi Fernández said after Friday’s practice.
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Fernández → place → practice
“It’s not just, ‘Oh, one game, he’s good to go.’ …
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he → ’ → ?
I mean, if you guys think about it, he played [21 games last season].
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he → mean → games
Is he gonna play all 82?
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he → go → 82
“We feel like he can take steps.
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he → feel → steps
Obviously, at some point he’ll be able to play more games and be able to play back to backs, but it’s not right now or anytime soon.”
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it → play → backs
Brown — who could sit against the Cavaliers or for Sunday’s home game against the Pacers — missed the Nets’ first three preseason games with an ankle injury.
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who → sit → injury
The 20-year-old was then limited to 18 minutes in the preseason finale and just under 20 minutes in the season-opening loss to the Hornets, in which he finished with six points, three rebounds and three assists while shooting 2 of 8 from the field.
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he → limit → field
In his lone season at Louisville, Brown missed 14 games due to a lower back injury, but Brooklyn felt comfortable enough with his recovery to make the 6-foot-4 guard the franchise’s highest draft pick in 16 years.
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guard → miss → years
“We’re gonna build him to be healthy and to be a strong NBA player,” Fernández said.
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Fernández → go → him
“We have a plan for him.
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We → have → him
Obviously, we’re not gonna disclose every step of the way, but the No. 1 thing is to build him up and build up his body to be able to sustain the minutes that can help the team win games.”
Louisville was 16-3 with Brown in the lineup before he suffered the back injury that sidelined him for the postseason.
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that → go → postseason
He scored 29 points in his third college game in a win over rival Kentucky.
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He → score → Kentucky
He tied a school record and set an ACC freshman single-game record with 45 points in February.
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He → tie → February
The need for Brown’s explosiveness was evident in Game 1 in Brooklyn, when the Nets had only two double-digit scorers (Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr.).
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Nets → have → scorers
But patience is required.
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patience → require → ?
His ceiling won’t be seen anytime soon.
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ceiling → see → ?
“I’m really excited for Mikel to continue to grow and play and get more minutes and be out there with us,” Porter Jr. said.
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Jr. → ’m → us
“There’s been practices where he’s completely dominated, played with the second group and won the day because he was killing it.
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he → dominate → it
He has so many tools to be elite offensively and defensively in the future.
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He → have → future
“But offensively, for sure he’s a high-level scorer, he’s a high-level shotmaker, he can get others involved, so there’s not a lot of weakness in his game.
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others → ’ → game
As he gets more minutes, it’ll slow down for him.
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it → get → him
He has a very bright future.
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He → have → future
He has already shown that.”
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He → show → that
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