2 weeks Ago By Nets Wire
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney came into the 2024-25 NBA season with some level of promise after a rookie year that saw him have some great moments on both ends of the floor. As he headed into his second season, Clowney looked like he was set to be the starting power forward alongside center Nic Claxton, but injuries prevented him from establishing any kind of rhythm."it was a minor procedure.
I'm great though, I appreciate you asking," Clowney said during his exit interview on Monday after walking into the media room at HSS Training Center with a cast on his right hand. Clowney showing up to his end-of-season media media session with a cast on was a microcosm of what he went through in his sophomore season as injuries limited him to just 46 games played."it's a sense of relief, almost," Clowney said when asked what it felt like to make it to the end of this season in the face of the injuries that he played through.
"I got time now to work on stability in places where I was having injuries. Obviously, ankles, etc. A chance to better my game before we come back next season so that's always good.
"Clowney, 20, played in a little over half of the games for the Nets this season as he dealt with injuries, mostly to his ankles, including a season-ending injury to his right ankle a couple of weeks before the season came to a close. Despite Clowney missing so much time due to injury, he saw increases in nearly every one of his statistical categories as he averaged 9.1 points and 3.
9 rebounds per game while shooting 35.8% from the field and 33.3% from three-point land.
What head coach Jordi Fernandez and the coaching staff had been hoping to see from Clowney was his ability to shoot more three-pointers while still maintaining a reasonable efficiency from that range and the former Alabama Crimson Tide proved that for the most part. Clowney did shoot 36.4% from deep during his rookie season, but that was on just 1.
4 attempts per game.This season, Clowney increased his three-point attempts per game mark from 1.4 to 5.
7 and he still shot just a few percentage points below his career-best mark so that was impressive to see after just one offseason. However, due to the amount of time that Clowney missed with injuries, he missed valuable time to work on some of his deficiencies, such as attacking the rim. Clowney looks forward to being able to work on those areas this offseason.
"It shouldn't be long at all. Again, the procedure was minor so I should be out of this cast and back going fairly soon," Clowney explained. "Strength in all parts of my body.
Being able to trust my body in certain positions is important. On the court, just (my) overall game. I want to be elite out of a closeout, things like that.
" Once Clowney recovers from his injuries, it seems like he has big plans for this summer heading into next season.This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets' Noah Clowney addresses injury-plagued season; upcoming offseason.
