Brooklyn Nets host Media Day 2026, share optimism, some of it ‘delusional’

If we learned anything at Media Day this year, it’s that the Brooklyn Nets aren’t very good at golf. When Julius Randle hit the links with Mikel Brown Jr. and few other Nets youngsters this summer, he came to that realization quickly.

“Third hole in, they were trying to take their shirts off, and it’s just like, they didn’t understand golf etiquette,” Randle said. “Mikel broke a club, a driver, on one of the holes. So I learned really fast that I’m dealing with kids.”

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“Shirtless golfing? Julius said that?,” Brown Jr. later remarked. “I’m going to talk to him. Don’t worry about it. That is not true.”

“Yeah, we broke a couple of clubs just, because we got stronger this summer,” a grinning Egor Dëmin later said. “The swing is not getting better. Yeah, it’s just been kind of a struggle over there, but good thing it’s not what we do. Good thing for us and for others.”

Indeed, that’s not the sport Dëmin and his teammates specialize in. That would be basketball. Unlike golf, it’s fast, more focused on physicality, and about the team rather than the individual. That’s exactly how this year’s interview and photoshoot extravaganza was today as well.

Health & Team Building Tendencies

Sean Marks and Jordi Fernández were first to address reporters at HSS Training Center. They didn’t waste time giving up the biggest news of the day, reporting early on that Brown Jr. rolled his ankle last week. Marks said he’d need to be “ramped up” in training camp but that they “don’t expect him to miss considerable time.” He also said Nolan Traoré, who had his knee scoped this summer, would also need to ramp up, but is good to go by all other accounts. Grant Nelson, who also had a minor knee issues over the summer, is a “full go,” according to Marks. Nelson in fact has been seen scrimmaging with teammates in videos posted on social media in recent days.

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“Physically, those guys are ready for camp,” he said. “Nolan will be ramped up a little bit through camp, but I don’t see him missing any days. Grant, same way. Grant is full go now.”

“My knee is completely fine now,” Traoré, who also weighed in 10 pounds heavier…

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