The Brooklyn Nets (26-54) are nearing the end of a season that has been taxing in multiple ways, especially since the team returned from the All-Star Break. With their third-to-last game being against the Atlanta Hawks (38-42),

Ahead of the season series finale between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks—two Eastern Conference squads heading for quite different conclusions to the 2024-25 campaign—multiple big names have either already been ruled out or are in jeopardy of sitting this evening.

Jordi Fernández called it one of Brooklyn’s poorest performances of the season, and that was putting it kindly.