Last season, ten players who spent time with the Brooklyn Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, ended up seeing action with Brooklyn by the end of the season. While a G League trade may not generate the level of excitement that drafting an NBA-record five first-round picks did, it’s worth keeping track of due to Brooklyn’s tendency to promote players during this rebuilding phase. On Aug. 19, the Long Island Nets acquired a first-round pick in the 2026 NBA G League Draft and the returning player rights to guard Jordan Schakel from the Maine Celtics in exchange for the returning player rights to forward Kendall Brown.