Cam Johnson will be in the 3-point contest but for the rest of the Nets, it will be a well-deserved rest, then the final third of the season.
It’ll be on to San Francisco for Cam Johnson but otherwise, it’ll be a week off for the rest of the Brooklyn Nets, then the final third of the season and beyond: maybe the play-in, the draft lottery, all those draft workouts, the McDonald’s All-American Game at Barclays : the Draft, free agency etc.
And not to be forgotten: the WNBA championship banner will be hung in the rafters at Barclays on May 17, the first Brooklyn championship since the Dodgers in 1955! The month of May will indeed be interesting: the NBA Draft Lottery is on May 12 and the banner raising five days later. Yikes!
Here’s the calendar:
—February 14-19: NBA All-Star Break. The 3-point contest is part of All-Star Saturday Night, February 15. CamJ will compete against Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks; Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons; Darius Garland, Cleveland Cavaliers; Tyler Herro, Miami Heat; Buddy Hield, Golden State Warriors; and Damian Lillard, Milwaukee Bucks. Best wishes.
—February 16: All-Star Game at Chase Center in San Francisco.
—March 1: Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline. Players seeking eligibility for playoffs must be waived by this date. Big day for players on bad teams wanting to be bought out and signed by contenders. Will Bojan Bogdanovic be available, ready?
—March 4: Deadline for signing two-way players. Nets have shuffled players in and out of two-way slots all season. If they sign Tyrese Martin and/or Tosan Evbuomwan to a standard deal, will they use their two-way slots to add other player(s).
—March 10: LeBron James and Luka Doncic make their only appearance at Barclays Center this season. Luka was supposed to be here with the Mavericks on March 31, but you know. A chance for D’Angelo Russell and Maxwell Lewis to shine and Dorian Finney-Smith to get his tribute video.
—March 13 – 14: Third two-game visit of Long Island’s “Les Nets” to suburban Montreal. So far, so good. The G League Nets drew an average of better than 6,600 fans to the first four games in Quebec.
—March 28: The Los Angeles Clippers come to Brooklyn with James Harden and Ben Simmons. Tribute video for Ben: Lotsa sweaters?
—March 31: The Mavericks will arrive in Brooklyn. Kyrie Irving is back. He’s always good for a quote and Jason Kidd will get his first look at the Vince Carter jersey hanging next to his in the rafters at Barclays Center.
—April 1: G League Playoffs begin. Not looking good for Long Island.
—April 1: McDonald’s All-American Game at Barclays Center. The Nets have a lot of picks going forward. Good way to get an early look and Ellie the Elephant will team up with Grimace for the game.
—April 13: NBA Regular Season ends. All 30 teams to play. Nets close out season vs. Knicks at Barclays Center. With the NBA season and March Madness over, the Nets will starting working out prospects, dozens of them.
—April 14 – WNBA Draft. New York has seventh pick in the first round unless they trade it and it has reportedly been on the block.
—April 15-18: NBA Play-In Tournament. Will the Nets make it? If they do and win a game, their first round pick will be No. 15.
—April 19: NBA Playoffs begin.
—April 29: WNBA Training Camp Begins
—May 9-11: G League Combine
—May 11-18: NBA Draft Combine. More draft workouts, more scouts in Chicago for all the measurements and scrimmages.
—May 12: NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago. Where will the Nets pick? Stock up on the Zanax.
—May 17: New York Liberty open defense of their WNBA title. Banner raising at Barclays Center!
—June 5: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV begin. All games will be televised on ABC
—June 25-26: NBA Draft. Who will the Nets pick? At the moment, the Nets have four first rounders and a second rounder, most in the league. More than the trade deadline, this has traditionally been Sean Marks most active period.
—June 29: Jalen Wilson, Keon Johnson have team options for 2025-26, Qualifying Offers must be extended to Cam Thomas, Day’Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams before restricted free agency begins; 2025-26 Guarantee date for Maxwell Lewis.
—June 30: NBA teams may begin negotiating with all other upcoming free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET). Applies to re-signings as well. Nets will have an estimated $50 million to $70 million in cap space, more than any other team by a long shot.
—July 6: Free agent signings and Draft Day trades become official. Cam Johnson can be extended.
—July 7: Nets $23.3 million trade exception from Mikal Bridges trade expires.
—July 10-20: NBA Summer League in Las Vegas With all those draft picks plus a number of young players from this year’s team, Brooklyn should be one of the most interesting squads.
—July 17–21: WNBA All-Star Break
—July 19: WNBA All-Star Game
—August TBA: NBA schedule for 2025-26 is released.
—September 28: Rough starting date for training camp and Media Day. Teams that play preseason games overseas start earlier than other teams and the Nets are playing in China.
—October 10: First of two NBA China Games vs. Phoenix Suns at the 14,000 capacity Venetian in Macao.
—October 12: Second of two NBA China Games. Same opponent, same venue