How ’Bout This Jazz newsletter: The star rookie was a pitchman for Dunkaroos snack cookies while at Auburn. Plus, Lauri Markkanen discusses his own dunks, and Ochai Agbaji talks about that block. Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler dunks against the Golden State Warriors during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 7,
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TEMPE, Ariz. — With each passing week, Kessler Edwards looks more and more the part of a 3-and-D wing for Brooklyn. He finds his looks in the flow of the offense. And from Golden State’s Steph Curry and Klay Thompson to Phoenix’s Devin Booker — and likely at some point Tuesday — Chris Paul, he’s
Sign up here to get Inside the Nets delivered to your inbox each Saturday morning. The Nets, shocking for a star-studded championship contender, have given significant minutes to four rookies. And likely none has surpassed expectations more than Kessler Edwards has. The second-round draft pick from Pepperdine had his work cut out to even make the
WASHINGTON — From unheralded second-round pick out of a mid-major just hoping to make the roster, to starter on an NBA title contender, Nets rookie Kessler Edwards has had such a fast rise even he wouldn’t have believed it if he’d been told it would work out this way. “I’d be very surprised, honestly. Especially
When the Nets drafted Kessler Edwards with the 44th-overall pick last July, the Pepperdine product knew it would be a challenge to find minutes with the team’s veteran roster. It took some time, but Edwards has found his role as a 3-and-D wing and he’s beginning to excel in it, too, at a time when