The Brooklyn Nets’ net rating of plus-5.8 with big man Nic Claxton on the court falls to minus-2.0 with him off. That plus-7.8 gap is by far the best of any team rotation player.
“Clax is huge for us. When he’s down there we can be aggressive on the ball. Overall he’s our best defender,” Nets guard Edmond Sumner gushed after Claxton’s game-clinching block of Bojan Bogdanovic sealed Sunday’s victory over the Pistons.
