The way Drake Powell has played for the past two-plus weeks, after coming back from a sprained ankle, has been a bright spot in what will be a long season in Brooklyn.

Forrest Weber — a longtime member of Brooklyn’s basketball operations and equipment staff — is enjoying one surreal scene after another pinch-me moment.

With so much focus on developing Brooklyn’s rookies, no Nets player has developed more than Noah Clowney.

Monday was a reminder that the Knicks and Nets are separated by more than just five miles, and the East River.

The Nets proved they could trade buckets with the Raptors. But they also showed they couldn’t get a stop when they needed.

Getting the most high-leverage minutes of his NBA career, Egor Dëmin hit the biggest shot of his life.

Jordi Fernández says the rebuilding Nets can’t let all these losses turn them into losers, that tasting victory has them wanting more. 

Can’t-miss prospects Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson will be a lottery pick away from joining the Nets. But Tuesday they were five miles away, with Boozer’s Duke team taking on Peterson’s Kansas squad at the Champions Classic.

Right now, the Nets have the fourth-best odds in the lottery standings for a loaded draft with three perceived franchise-changers.

They used to call Michael Porter Jr. “Never Swing the Rock.”

The blowout saw the Nets improve to 2-11, the third-worst record in the league.