Brooklyn Nets rookie guard Mikel Brown Jr. is already making it clear there’s one part of his game he wants people to notice more: the passing.
Brown said as much during a recent appearance on the "Nets Pod with Sarah Kustok" podcast, where he pointed to playmaking as the most underrated piece of his skill set.
"I'll probably say my passing. I feel like I was always able to score ever since I started playing this game," Brown said during a recent appearance on the "Nets Pod with Sarah Kustok" podcast. Since the 2026 NBA predraft process began, Brown improved his stock due to how much he was able to show at the Combine in Chicago, but it seems like his passing is something he wants to show more than anything else.
He explained that his game has always been built around finding ways to put the ball in the basket, even when he was younger and not the biggest or most explosive player on the floor.
"Like I was coming up, I was very small. I wasn't the most athletic, wasn't the fastest, wasn't the strongest, but I just found ways to score," Brown continued while speaking about his passing and his overall growth.
"Over time, I started playing with better players. So, I started understanding that not only am I creating for myself, now I'm creating for others as well at the point guard position."
Brown, 20, got his first NBA run this summer at the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League, and he made a strong first impression in both Sacramento and Las Vegas. Across four games, he averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 38.8% from the field and 34.6% from three-point range in 21.7 minutes per game.
That summer showing has Brown in the mix for a bigger role heading into the fall. Brooklyn took him with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2026 draft, and if he carries that momentum into training camp, he could end up in the starting point guard conversation.
He’ll still have competition for that job, though, with Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf also in the picture. But if Brown’s passing keeps trending up alongside the scoring that already comes naturally, he’s giving the Nets plenty to like.
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