Nets Fans: LeVert is Finally Here

For Nets fans it has been a long season. And we are only one month into the season. The Nets have been hard to watch this year just due to the talent alone. Their best player is Brook Lopez and he is not exactly the most exciting player to watch. If you're a Nets fan he's great and we have all come to love him, but to NBA fans he is a bore. It is understandable considering the NBA is a guard driven league. The rest of the Nets roster is nothing to gloat about either. The Nets have nice pieces who would compliment playoff teams, but overall the team lacks talent.

But one of the few bright spots on this roster are the younger guys. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been getting better and better each game. Plus he is only 21. Isaiah Whitehead has played fairly well, but he is a 21-year-old rookie still trying to transition to the NBA as well as learn the point guard position. And then there is the Nets 20th overall pick Caris LeVert.

LeVert has yet to play this season due to a foot injury that he suffered his last year in college. He has been recovering from his injury, but he has finally been listed as available for the Nets tonight. This is probably the most exciting news all year if you are a Nets fan. LeVert was considered a lottery pick in past years, but his injury history scared away a lot of teams. The Nets, however, need to take chances considering they have a swap pick this off-season with Boston and no pick in 2018. With no tradeable assets either the Nets have no choice, but to give guys a shot.

This mentality has lead to the signings of Anthony Bennett and now Donatas Motiejunas. It is the reason the Nets drafted Whitehead and LeVert. The Nets are trying to find the diamond in the rough. There is no guarantee that any of these guys are that, but the Nets are hoping that at least one of them is that diamond.

The Nets play the Wizards tonight at 7:30. Expect LeVert to play but in limited minutes. I'm sure the Nets do not want to take a risk of LeVert having any set backs. It is likely they will slowly work LeVert into the rotation as the season continues on. Hopefully LeVert proves himself worthy of the Nets trading Thaddeus Young for or else this will become another in a long line of bad trades for the Nets.