Nets 2024-25 training camp breakdown: Roster battles, rookies and newcomers

The Post’s Brian Lewis breaks down the Knicks’ top storylines heading into training camp.The Ben Simmons-Dennis Schroder point guard decision won’t be as much a battle as a matter of Simmons’ health.But Dorian Finney-Smith, Cam Johnson (when he’s not at small forward) and Noah Clowney (when he’s not backing up Nic Claxton) could very likely butt heads for minutes at power forward, unless and until one or both of the two veterans are dealt.Simmons is the No.

1, 2 and 3 story in training camp.The only All-Star on Brooklyn’s roster, he’s missed 189 of 246 games over the past three seasons.And his absence has had a huge impact on the Nets’ won-loss mark.

Coming off his second discectomy in the past three years, his health and availability are going to be an ongoing hot-button topic throughout camp.Jordi Fernandez is a rookie coach taking over a bad team.It’s all going to be a challenge.

The Spaniard has to try to build a winning culture in his locker room while his organization is busy tanking.That’s a dichotomy, and a tough job that has already started but begins in earnest when camp does on Tuesday.Brooklyn doesn’t have any.The Nets are loaded with draft assets going forward, but they didn’t make a single pick in June’s draft.

Yes, two-ways Jaylen Martin and Yongxi Cui are technically NBA rookies on paper, but both have been pros for years — Martin with Overtime Elite and the Westchester Knicks, and Cui with the Guangzhou Loong Lions, even being the CBA’s Rookie of the Year.He can’t be a rookie twice, right?Most intriguing newcomerSure, Bojan Bogdanovic is the most accomplished, and Cui has geopolitical intrigue, but Ziaire Williams is a 2021 lottery pick who is still just 22 and has looked solid in summer workouts.

His combination of youth and upside makes him at least interesting on a rebuilding team.Most notable absenceMikal Bridges’ departure across the East River to the Garden — and the staggering five first-round picks ...