Potential Nets 2026 NBA Draft pick Mikel Brown Jr. talks back injury
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The Brooklyn Nets have the No. 6 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and guard Mikel Brown Jr. could be there.
Brown discussed his back injury rehab.
CHICAGO -- The Brooklyn Nets were hoping for better luck in Sunday's 2026 NBA Draft Lottery when they could went up two spots to get the No. 1 overall pick and possibly choose BYU forward AJ Dybantsa. However, Brooklyn went from the No.
3 pick to the No. 6 pick, but one of the players they could consider with that pick seems to have turned the corner with his overall health. "I feel amazing.
Those two months, taking them off, definitely helped me. I prioritized my rehab. I really didn’t touch a ball like that," Louisville Cardinals guard Mikel Brown Jr.