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CLEVELAND — Nic Claxton and Ben Simmons haven’t started together so far this season. And it doesn’t sound like it’ll happen until Simmons makes it happen, until he plays so …

Nic Claxton finds himself suddenly as the longest-tenured player on the Nets, noting that such an ascension in seniority “happens fast” in the NBA. The 25-year-old center expects to play …

Brooklyn played without a quintet of players in Friday’s 116-112 preseason-ending loss to Toronto, but starters Nic Claxton and Dorian Finney-Smith are both expected back for Wednesday’s regular-season opener in …