{"id":157173,"date":"2025-08-29T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=157173"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:12:20","slug":"nets-trim-roster-with-tosan-evbuomwan-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/29\/nets-trim-roster-with-tosan-evbuomwan-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Trim Roster With Unexpected Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On an otherwise uneventful Friday, the Brooklyn Nets have waived forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/evbuoto01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tosan Evbuomwan<\/a>, according to HoopsHype&#8217;s longtime insider Michael Scotto.<\/p>\n<h2>Nets Trim Roster With Tosan Evbuomwan Cut<\/h2>\n<p>A two-year pro who went undrafted out of Princeton, Evbuomwan averaged career-highs of 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists and 0.9 steals in 23.8 minutes per game in 2024-25. Given his production last season, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/25\/nets-sign-2022-draft-pick-kendall-brown-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">general versatility and relative youth<\/a> at 24 years old, this is a decision that could raise some eyebrows. Him being on a two-way contract only leads to more questions because it&#8217;s unlikely to be a move that was financially motivated.<\/p>\n<p>In the same breath, Evbuomwan had the same issue many of his teammates had last season. Though his production was more voluminous than the previous season, he has clear limitations as a shot-creator and shot-maker. Keeping that in mind, he shot 42.7 percent from the field and 31.2 percent from 3 in 2024-25.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just In: The Brooklyn Nets are waiving forward Tosan Evbuomwan, league sources told <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopshype?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@hoopshype<\/a>. Evbuomwan averaged 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 23.8 minutes during 28 games played for the Nets last season. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALrQI5ibZK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ALrQI5ibZK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1961505416371949818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This was a steep drop-off from his rookie season, when he converted 50.7 percent of his field goals and 37.5 percent of his 3s. So, perhaps Obvuomwan&#8217;s first year was a flash in the pan. Beginner&#8217;s luck, as they would say.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142819\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142819\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez coaches against the Toronto Raptors during the fourth quarter at Barclays Center.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25775547_168402036_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 26, 2025; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez coaches against the Toronto Raptors during the fourth quarter at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brooklyn just had to believe they&#8217;d be replacing him with a better player.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>By releasing Ovbuomwan, the Nets have opened up a two-way roster slot. Well, a second one. This may seem inconsequential, but there are still a few interesting young players on the market with the offseason winding down. NBL veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcveija01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack McVeigh<\/a>, G League Ignite alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beaucma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MarJon Beauchamp<\/a> and three-time Slam Dunk champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccluma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac McMclung<\/a> are just a few of the players that come to mind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-image-setImageMetadata\">\n<p class=\"ng-binding\">\u00a9 Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On an otherwise uneventful Friday, the Brooklyn Nets have waived forward Tosan Evbuomwan, according to HoopsHype&#8217;s longtime insider Michael Scotto. Nets Trim Roster With Tosan Evbuomwan Cut A two-year pro who went undrafted out of Princeton, Evbuomwan averaged career-highs of 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists and 0.9 steals in 23.8 minutes per game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":157175,"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":[6,1608,62,3],"tags":[297,1902,49929],"class_list":["post-157173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nets","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nets","tag-tosan-evbuomwan"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157173","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157178,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157173\/revisions\/157178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}