Nets' Noah Clowney details how he can improve his game this offseason

NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney is coming off the best season of his three-year career despite the fact that the Nets finished with the third-worst record in the NBA (20-62). Brooklyn went into the 2025-26 season with the goal of developing as many of the young players as possible and while Clowney played well, he knows what he needs to improve on this summer.

"Well, I think I worked on it and so I kind of did it a whole lot more so I was bound to get better at it. With that being said, I still drew fouls. I was good at that," Clowney said during his exit interview when asked what allowed him to be a better scorer going to the rim. Clowney had his best season when it came to getting to the free-throw line after being run off the three-point line, but he knows that developing counters is the key.

"But, when teams didn't foul me, sometimes I struggle to finish. Sometimes, I get caught on one foot instead of [taking the] bump, I could play off two [feet], really. The second level move like bump, step-throughs, things like that," Clowney continued. "If I can get better at that, I think that'll help me too, but ain't much to it."

Clowney, 21, finished the 2025-26 campaign with averages of 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.6 assist per game while shooting 39.6% from the field and 32.9% from three-point range. While Clowney's shooting percentages were down across the board compared to his first two years in the league, he still managed to produce within a heavier workload and he seemed to figure out how to draw fouls at an above-average rate.

Clowney went from averaging 1.6 free-throw attempts per game in his first two seasons to shooting 3.4 free-throw attempts per contest while shooting 80.4% from the charity stripe. As Clowney admitted, he did struggle to counter defenses when the gameplan was to run him off the three-point shot so it seems like this offseason should end with him learning how to play around that strategy.

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