Nets backcourt new player: I grew up with Zubac when I was in the Clippers, and I almost joined Croatia

Recently, Terance Mann, a Brooklyn Nets backcourt player, was interviewed. In the interview, he also talked about the situation that he had the opportunity to represent the Croatian men's basketball team in international games. Mann said: Ivici Zubac was my teammate when I played for the Los Angeles Clippers, and he has always been my brother, and I love him. I've traveled to Croatia before, I love everything about Croatia, and he tried to recruit me to play for the Croatian national team a few years ago, but in the end it didn't happen. He is really my brother, you know we grew up together in Los Angeles.

Before the trading deadline of last season, Mann was sent to the Hawks by his old club Clippers. After joining the Hawks, Mann made a total of 30 appearances in the NBA regular season, averaging 22.7 minutes, averaging 9.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 0.7 turnovers and 2 fouls. His shooting percentage was 54.1%, three-point shooting percentage was 38.6%, and free throw shooting percentage was 66.7%. After joining the Hawks, Mann performed quite well in the regular season. He was able to show his offensive characteristics and he was able to undertake a lot of tasks on the offensive end. However, in the playoffs, Mann's performance was shocking. His performance showed a huge decline compared to the regular season, and he did not show any competitiveness at all, which to a large extent directly led to the team missing the playoffs.

In a previous tripartite deal, the Hawks sent Mann and the 22nd pick in the first round of the NBA draft to the Nets, and exchanged the Nets for Porzingis and a future second-round pick. Obviously, the Hawks were also very dissatisfied with Mann's performance during the playoffs, and his contract was also "stinky and long", so they had to pay the first round pick to clear him. The situation about Mann is not very clear at the moment. The Nets' future is extremely uncertain. Mann is obviously not in the team's long-term plan, and he may be traded by the Nets to other teams again in the next time.

Although Mann's progress in recent seasons has not been expected, he is still an all-round player with both offense and defense, and he can also play some role on the court. If he can join Croatia, with players like Zubac, Dario Sariq, Carlo Matkovic and Mario Hezonja, the strength of Croatia will be further improved, and they will even become the top team in the European arena. Unfortunately, it seems that Man's naturalization is difficult to happen.