Nets' Nic Claxton gives update on finger injury; reflects on season
Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton gave an update on his right fifth finger injury and also reflected on his 2025-26 NBA season on Thursday.
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton is nearing the end of his seventh NBA season and it's safe to say that this campaign was a rough one to experience. Claxton did what he could to give Brooklyn the best chance of winning every game during this rebuilding season, including recently playing through a sprain to his right fifth finger to add to the adversity. "I’ve been dealing with it since January, I think.
It’s a pretty bad sprain. I got an MRI for it, so just got to take the proper precautions for it," Claxton said prior to Thursday's 123-94 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Claxton has missed the past three games as he continues to recover from the finger sprain, but he hasn't lost sight of the fact that the organization is trying to build for the future.
"For me personally, I feel like it’s been a good year. I can take a lot of positives from the season, career-high in my free-throw percentage [for example]," Claxton said when asked about how he dealt with this tough season. "Obviously there’s always areas I can improve in as far as rebounding and things like that, but there’s a lot of positives.
I feel like I matured a lot. " Claxton, 26 , is having arguably the best season of his career despite having to deal with the constant lineup changes and the multiple injuries that the team has had to deal with in the second half of the season. Claxton is averaging 11.