The Brooklyn Nets forward Yuta Watanabe had 11 points, five rebounds and a career-high five steals off the bench on Saturday against the Charlotte Hornets.

“He’s doing a little bit [of] everything,” Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn said of Watanabe. “You see the ability for guys to get the ball to him and him shoot the basketball, which we have total confidence in it. And now he’s getting his hands on balls, whether that’s being in the paint and plugging the paint, coming back and tipping balls.

“Being around the basketball and being in a good position, great drive to the rim, which was aggressive. So he’s grown as a basketball player. He’s getting more comfortable knowing when he’s going to get into the game and who he’s going to play with, so I think that’s helped him as well.”