Will Nets' Noah Clowney be signed to rookie-scale extension?

Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney is in an interesting spot after the 2025-26 NBA season is over as the Nets will have to make a decision on his future with the team. Clowney, like every player drafted in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft, is eligible for a rookie-scale extension this summer, but it's interesting to see if Brooklyn will award him with that extension. "The Nets are not a good basketball team this year, but that's given Clowney a significant opportunity to play.

He's started most of the season, scoring a career-best 12. 5 points per game," Eric Pincus wrote for Bleacher Report when predicting rookie-scale extensions. Clowney has been a key member of the Nets' rotation over the past three years, but it's fair to wonder if that will translate into a significant pay rise for the former Alabama Crimson Tide.

"The team is asking him to stretch the floor as a 6'10" forward/center, and Clowney is taking a relatively high volume of three-point attempts (6. 0)," Pincus continued. "He'll need to improve above 33.

3 percent by a few points for that to be sustainable. Next season, Brooklyn doesn't have its own draft pick, so changes could be coming this summer to make the team more ready to win. It's unclear at this early stage where Clowney fits into that calculus.