The Brooklyn Nets have trimmed their roster after wrapping up the preseason, requesting waivers on forward Ben Humrichous on Thursday.
Humrichous had been one of the camp bodies Brooklyn brought in to sort through the final roster picture, along with forward/center Dain Dainja. The Nets had signed Humrichous before camp opened, but after using the preseason to test different lineup combinations, they’ve moved on after his limited run.
Brooklyn closed out its preseason schedule with a 144-128 loss to forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Miami Heat on Wednesday.
Humrichous, 24, went undrafted in the 2026 NBA Draft after a college path that took him from Huntington to Evansville and then to Illinois for his fifth and sixth seasons. He first got into the Nets’ orbit through summer league, where he appeared in six games between the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League. In that stretch, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 36.1% from the field and 38.2% from three.
His preseason usage told the story. Humrichous averaged just 5.4 minutes across two appearances, a clear sign of where he sat on the depth chart.
There still may be a path forward with Long Island, Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, and his shooting gives him a chance to surface again later this season. For now, though, he’s the player who didn’t survive the final cut.
The move leaves the Nets at 15 standard contracts and three Two-Way contracts, putting them in compliance before their regular-season opener next Wednesday at home against the Charlotte Hornets.
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