Tosan Evbuomwan quickly getting playing time with Nets rotation in flux

Another new face stepped onto the Barclays Center court during a night that saw several changes to the Nets rotation. Due to multiple injury blows the Nets had absorbed prior to tipoff Saturday against the 76ers, Tosan Evbuomwan made his Nets debut in the 123-94 loss. The Newcastle, England, native has had a whirlwind start to 2025 after signing a two-way deal on Jan.1.

Three days later, the 23-year-old found himself earning NBA minutes. Evbuomwan also is among an ever-changing group that is going through lots of trade action during a rebuilding season. “This is what I work for, these types of opportunities,” Evbuomwan said of the situation after the loss.“Again, really blessed to be back here.

So, whatever, everything that comes with it, I’m ready to take it in stride and kind of attack it.Collectively, I just got here but the team spirit is high.

Like I said, it’s important to compete.It’s important to talk through things as a team and kind of just take one game at a time.” Evbuomwan arrived in Brooklyn off of a huge 39-point night in the Long Island Nets’ win Friday.

With the NBA club a day later, he scored three points and recorded one rebound, one assist, and one block across 20 minutes. “Really pleased to have gotten the opportunity,” Evbuomwan said.“Obviously, wanted to win the game, but we weren’t able to do so.

But, blessed to be here and meet the guys for the first time.” The 6-foot-8 small forward’s experience largely lies in the G-League.However, he saw NBA time across 17 games last year, including eight starts, between the Pistons and the Grizzlies during a rookie campaign in which he averaged 5.9 points over 21.6 minutes.

This year, he has played 16 Tip-Off Tournament games with the G-League’s San Diego Clippers, averaging 18.4 points while shooting 51.9 percent from the field across 32.6 minutes. During the regular season, Evbuomwan has played in three games between San Diego and Long Island, averaging 28.7 ...