Which Net Will Be Next To Score 2,000 Points in a Season?

Wednesday's season opener against the Charlotte Hornets will mark 20 seasons since the Brooklyn Nets had a player who scored 2,000 points in a season.

Nets legend Vince Carter achieved it in the 2006-07 season, scoring 2,070 points. He averaged 25.2 points in 82 games, including 25 games with 30 or more points.

Scoring 2,000 points requires high-level scoring and Ironman-like health. Players who score 82 games must average 24.4 points; those who miss 10 games have to average 27.8 points.

Carter's 2,000-point season was also his best year as a Net. He made the All-Star Game, won Player of the Week on Feb. 25 and won Player of the Month in April.

Brooklyn, known as New Jersey, sent the Toronto Raptors home in a six-game first-round series. The All-Star small forward averaged 25 points, 6.2 rebounds and four assists.

He scored a playoff-high 37 points in Game 3, leading the Nets to a 102-89 victory.

Only two players in the franchise's history: Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

Durant and Irving would've easily cleared the 2,000-point threshold in Brooklyn if they were healthy. The duo never played more than 60 games across three seasons.

Irving averaged 27.2 points and Durant averaged 28.8 points in their tenure. The Nets would've had two 2,000-point scorers as teammates, which is rare.

General manager Sean Marks formed a lethal trio in the early 2020s with Durant, Irving and James Harden. He traded them all in 2023 to different destinations.

Since acquiring the best-scoring duo, Brooklyn has not landed another high-level scorer.

Michael Porter Jr. is the closest statistically after a career season. He averaged 24.2 points as a No. 1 option, but played 52 games.

Porter nursed a left hamstring strain and right ankle sprain at the end of last season, and the Nets sat him out the rest of the year. The 28-year-old played 81 and 77 games in his final two seasons with the Denver Nuggets, but averaged 17.5 points.

It's a testament to how difficult it is to combine high-level scoring with Ironman-like health.

Brooklyn will likely have to wait several seasons to land a prolific scorer. Marks has the draft capital to trade for a superstar and tried to trade for Jaylen Brown this offseason, but the Boston Celtics traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers.

He's patient with his assets and is watching how the young core develops before going all in.

Carter's 20-season streak will likely remain unbroken unless Marks makes a bold trade for a bona fide superstar.