Saraf and Drake Powell were the other two Nets rookies to make their debut with Danny Wolf out. Saraf put up eight points, seven rebounds and four assists, while Powell would record one basket in seven minutes before going down with an apparent ankle injury.

Here are the Brooklyn Nets player grades following Wednesday's 136-117 loss at the Charlotte Hornets in the season-opener.

Sean Marks and Jordi Fernandez are making a historic bet on player development as the Nets move forward in their rebuild.

On Tuesday night, the NBA officially kicked off its 2025-26 regular season with a few high-level games: a double-OT thriller between the Thunder and Rockets, an

Brooklyn could be back in win-now mode as soon as 2026-27, given that it has the tools to add talent next summer and does not own its 2027 first-round pick. This season, though, the plan isn't hard to figure out.

Alabama has played scattered across the NBA entering the 2025-26 season, headlined by the likes of Brandon Miller and Herbert Jones.

The Hornets tipped off their season in style, taking down the Nets, 136-117, inside a new-look Spectrum Center Wednesday night. Coming off a season recovery from a wrist injury, forward Brandon MIller scored a game-high 25 points on 8-of-19 shooting.