The Brooklyn Nets select Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in Tuesday’s NBA Draft. The selection adds a perimeter playmaker after the Nets make roster moves the night before, acquiring Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade. Brown posts strong production during his Louisville season, averaging about 18 points, 3 rebounds, and just under 5 assists while shooting roughly 41% from the field and about 34% from 3-point range. Other coverage notes the Nets’ pick makes Brown the highest Louisville player selected in an NBA Draft since Felton Spencer was taken sixth overall in 1990. The selection is viewed as an effort to add scoring and playmaking to the roster as Brooklyn looks to improve performance following a season in which it finished without a winning record and won 26 games in 2025-26.
Nets draft Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with No. 6 pick
The Brooklyn Nets select Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in Tuesday’s NBA Draft. The selection adds a perimeter playmaker after the Nets make roster moves the night before, acquir...
- The Brooklyn Nets draft Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in the NBA Draft.
- The Nets acquired Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade the previous night.
- Brown averages about 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and around 4.7 assists at Louisville.
- Brown shoots roughly 41% from the field and about 34% from 3-point range at Louisville.
- Brown is the highest Louisville player selected in an NBA Draft since Felton Spencer was taken sixth overall in 1990.
The Brooklyn Nets selected an NBA-record five first-round draft picks last year but didn't have much to show for their investment, winning just 26 games in 2025-26. The Nets, who were the only team in the Atlantic Division to finish last season without a winning record, took a chance on the Louisville scoring guard in Tuesday night's draft in the hopes he can be the breakout player who'll ignite a struggling franchise. Brown averaged 18.2 points and 4.1 assists last season for the Cardinals and was one of the best players in the Atlantic Coast Conference when able to play.
2 months agoThe Nets selected Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in Tuesday’s NBA Draft, adding a skilled perimeter prospect one night after acquiring Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade. Brown averaged 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 21 games at Louisville while shooting 41.0% from the field, 34.4% from 3-point range and ...
2 months agoWith the sixth overall pick of the 2026 NBA Draft, the Brooklyn Nets selected Louisville point guard Mikel Brown Jr. Brown becomes the highest Louisville player selected in an NBA Draft since Felton Spencer was drafted sixth overall in 1990. The year before, Pervis Ellison had become the first, and still only, Cardinal to ever […]
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