Brooklyn Nets select Mikel Brown Jr. with #6 overall pick
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Key Points:
- The Brooklyn Nets selected Mikel Brown Jr. from Louisville University with the #6 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, marking their highest pick since 2010 and only their second lottery pick since then.
- Brown, a 20-year-old guard and former five-star prospect, averaged 18 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists at Louisville, despite playing only 21 games due to a back injury, which he says is now fully healed.
- Brown expressed strong enthusiasm about joining the Nets, calling Brooklyn "home" and highlighting the team's camaraderie and fit with their system under Coach Jordi.
- The Nets had shown significant interest in Brown prior to the draft, meeting with him multiple times, including a visit to his family home in Florida, and chose him over potential trade-down options.
- Brooklyn still holds the #28 and #43 picks in the draft and is actively pursuing additional moves, but Brown is seen as the franchise's most exciting young prospect since relocating to Brooklyn.
