This past offseason, the Brooklyn Nets inked Trendon Watford to a one-year, $2.7 million contract. Midway through the lone season of his deal, Watford looks primed to cash in at the conclusion of the 2024-25 campaign.

Watford (hamstring) will be available for Tuesday's game against the Spurs. Watford sat out the second leg of Brooklyn's back-to-back Saturday for precautionary reasons, but he'll likely see his usual minutes Tuesday. Watford is averaging 10.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 0.9 steals over his last 10 appearances.

Ever since buying out Ben Simmons, the Nets have had a backup point guard problem. And an unlikely solution has emerged to solve it.

The Nets extended their losing streak to five straight games, falling 127-113 in San Antonio on Tuesday night.

Won't play against Detroit

When D'Angelo Russell exited Thursday night's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers after rolling his ankle, it was fair to assume the newly-signed Killian Hayes woul