"Right now, it's important for him that he goes through the back-to-back [tonight] and he feels good," Nets coach Jordi Fernandez said.

Per Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, center Nic Claxton will not play in Wednesday's game at the Memphis Grizzlies due to injury maintenance.

There is a threshold where a coach could start a player and use him in shorter spurts and be creative in his rotations. But Fernandez sounds disinclined to put Claxton back into the lineup until he’s cleared to log starter’s minutes — at least 24 minutes and possibly topping 30. It’s unclear when that might be.

Nets center Nic Claxton is still on a path back to the team’s starting lineup after beginning the regular season with a hamstring injury.

Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton was ejected from Wednesday's 120-116 loss at the Atlanta Hawks after a flagrant foul 2 in the fourth quarter.

Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton has not started a game in 2024-25 while progressing back from a preseason hamstring injury. Head coach Jordi Fernandez said that could change next week as the sixth-year center continues to ramp up his minutes.

The Nets are getting closer to full health, as their center Nic Claxton is inching closer to a full workload. After missing the preseason with hamstring woes, Claxton has come off the bench in five of their six regular-season tilts as he ramps up.