{"id":118604,"date":"2025-01-17T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=118604"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:21:27","slug":"brooklyn-nets-add-championship-winning-forward-oshae-brisset-g-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/17\/brooklyn-nets-add-championship-winning-forward-oshae-brisset-g-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Sign Championship-Winning Forward to G League Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/17\/brooklyn-nets-forward-cameron-johnson-superlative-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> have added a champion to their squad, just not to the main roster. According to CLNS&#8217; Bobby Manning, the Long Island Nets have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/16\/kristaps-porzingis-brutally-honest-slumping-boston-celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Boston Celtics<\/a> champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brissos01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-17_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oshae Brissett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources tell me Oshae Brissett signed a G-League contract with the Long Island Nets<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBobManning\/status\/1880280808969359448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brissett joined the Celtics as a free agent prior to the 2023-24 season. In 55 games, the Canadian native averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds. Mostly utilized off the bench, Brissett was a sparkplug and brought a lot of energy every time he stepped on the court. Brissett quickly became a fan favorite in Boston and appeared in 10 playoff games during the team&#8217;s championship run.<\/p>\n<p>The Syracuse alum <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/23\/boston-celtics-free-agent-officially-decides-on-player-option-oshae-brissett\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">rejected his $2.5 million player option<\/a> in the offseason. Later on, Brissett made it clear that wanted to go somewhere that would offer him more playing time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=luy5IzAIAqc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know things didn\u2019t work out the way in my favor. but that\u2019s okay, you know. All I want to do is play, bro. Like if I go back to Boston, like how all the fans and you guys want me to come back, I\u2019m literally going back for the vibes, you know what I\u2019m saying? I\u2019m not 36, I\u2019m 26, so I can\u2019t go nowhere for the vibes. I want to play basketball. I got a lot of juice left, bro. I\u2019m in the prime of my athleticism and career. You know, I\u2019m supposed to be playing. That\u2019s all I was looking for, bro. That\u2019s all I wanted.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately for him, this has yet to come to fruition. At least at the NBA level.<\/p>\n<h2>Brooklyn Nets Sign Championship-Winning Forward to G League Team<\/h2>\n<h3>Oshae Brissett Can Bring a Lot to the Nets<\/h3>\n<p>Though he only signed a G League contract, there is a possibility that Brissett will play for the NBA team at some point this season. If he does, there is a lot to like about his presence in Brooklyn. Brissett is very athletic and can play much bigger than he is. Though he does not necessarily excel at anything, he can make his presence felt at each level of the game. Additionally, he is well-liked by past teammates and coaches, including Joe Mazzulla, who called Brissett &#8220;one of my favorite guys I&#8217;ve ever coached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:jeb5puwe2trbthuqu4qnuctx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lbl4jpns6s2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiav3mmfn6wj6mlzrdawcyfdafo4crv7yaxoozlenkzbgojghrk734\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Joe Mazzulla on Oshae Brissett:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of my favorite guys I\u2019ve ever coached \u2014 the personality, his character, who he is. Great teammate. It was great to be able to see him, spend time with him. I just hope it works out for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jeb5puwe2trbthuqu4qnuctx\/post\/3lbl4jpns6s2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noa Dalzell (<a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jeb5puwe2trbthuqu4qnuctx?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@noadalzell.bsky.social<\/a>) <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jeb5puwe2trbthuqu4qnuctx\/post\/3lbl4jpns6s2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2024 at 6:20 PM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Brissett is just 26 years old. While he is not likely to develop into a significantly better player, he certainly has the time to grow and contribute to winning basketball.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>Brissett is a fun player to watch and root for. However, at this point in his career, he is unlikely to be a regular contributor on most contending teams. Signing a G League contract is a good way for him to get back in the NBA circle and showcase his talents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Nets have added a champion to their squad, just not to the main roster. According to CLNS&#8217; Bobby Manning, the Long Island Nets have signed Boston Celtics champion Oshae Brissett. Sources tell me Oshae Brissett signed a G-League contract with the Long Island Nets \u2014 Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) January 17, 2025 Brissett joined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":105523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,6,2,62,3],"tags":[951],"class_list":["post-118604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nets","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-oshae-brissett"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118612,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118604\/revisions\/118612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}