Long Island Nets guard Terry Roberts was shot in the upper chest Sunday morning in Philadelphia, but survived and is expected to recover.
The 23-year-old was hit by a stray bullet after a gunfight broke out outside a Philadelphia bar, according to both the Long Island Nets and local police.
“Terry Roberts was the victim of a crime on Sunday morning in Philadelphia, and we are in the process of gathering more information about the incident,” the G-League team said in a statement. “He is currently in stable condition, and he is expected to make a full recovery. Our thoughts are with him and family at this time. Due to the ongoing law enforcement investigation, we will have no further comment.”
Terry Roberts of the Long Island Nets shoots the ball during the game against the Capital City GoGo on Dec. 12, 2023. NBAE via Getty ImagesAfter getting shot, Roberts was found on the sidewalk at around 12:45 a.m. outside the 5th Street Lounge on North Fifth Street, according to authorities.
He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in critical condition.
Roberts has since been taken off a ventilator and spoke with his parents on Monday.
“He’s healing,” Roberts’ mother told ABC 7. “He’s doing well. He is in a state of shock. This is a traumatic situation that’s happened.”
The shooting remains under investigation, but Philadelphia police confirmed that Roberts wasn’t involved in the altercation.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that multiple offenders believed to have exited a Silver Nissan Altima indiscriminately fired shots toward patrons outside the lounge before fleeing the scene,” Philadelphia police said in a statement. “In response, an armed private security guard arriving at the venue returned fire, though it remains uncertain whether any of the offenders were struck.”
Cam Thomas had an MRI exam on his right foot, with the results revealing a right ankle/midfoot sprain.
Brooklyn’s young guard will miss Thursday’s home game against Atlanta, and will be day-to-day after that.
Thomas suffered the injury coming down on teammate Day’Ron Sharpe’s foot with 7:23 left in Monday’s victory in Memphis.
Cam Thomas, driving on the Grizzlies’ Luke Kennard during a recent game, has a right ankle/midfoot sprain. APHe underwent X-rays that night at FedEx Forum, which were negative. But more concerning was being sent for an MRI the next morning in Orlando, the results of which came back the next day.
This isn’t the first time this season that Thomas has sprained his ankle.
He missed nine games with a sprained left ankle suffered Nov. 9, not returning for three weeks. But he has said this one felt less severe.
What’s unclear is how the midfoot sprain turned up by the MRI exam will change his timeline. Even mild midfoot sprains have been known to take one-to-three weeks to heal, with Thomas being viewed as day-to-day.
“That’s the way it feels, less severe [than November]. I should be fine,” Thomas said. “Yeah, I mean I’m able to walk on it, so it’s not bad. We’ll take it day by day. But it’s not as bad as last time, so I’m not really concerned.”
Brooklyn assistant GM Jeff Peterson has been on a short list to succeed Mitch Kupchak in Charlotte.
He’s up against former Nets assistant GM Trajan Langdon — but the organization is reportedly making a play to keep him.
The Nets have “strong interest” in keeping Peterson behind GM Sean Marks, potentially handing him a new title and raise, per Marc Stein. That would presumably mean bumping him up to GM and Marks up to president of basketball operations, a position the Nets haven’t had since Rod Thorn.
Nic Claxton has seen his production dip of late.
The Nets’ starting center is averaging just nine points, seven rebounds and a block over his last half-dozen games.
He would put up 13.3 points, 10.8 boards and 2.5 rejections in the 12 games before that.
“Right now it’s different for everybody, the offense, the flow,” Claxton said. “We’re not running the same exact sets that we were running. So there’s an adjustment period for everybody, including myself; and just gotta learn as fast as we can and just pick up a lot of information at once.”
Nic Claxton defends Franz Wagner during the Nets’ blowout loss to the Magic. APClaxton is an unrestricted free agent expected to command at least $90 million and possibly $100 million this summer. His dip in production predates Kevin Ollie replacing fired Jacque Vaughn, but the interim coach said he’s making it a point to try to find a place for the athletic young center in the offense.
“Just trying to get Nic some looks,” Ollie said. “Trying to get him some dives, we can see him around a basket. Try to get him at that elbow where he can make plays. I give Nic the liberty to push the ball in transition when he has an opportunity.
“Just try to get him some more looks and I just continue to huddle in with myself and some looks and some transition things we can do to get him going, our players turning the corner and looking for him on sprint dives and things like that.He thrives on that and just having him get to the offensive rebounds will be good for us.”
Ben Simmons was removed from the injury list after sitting Tuesday as the second night of a back-to-back. Dariq Whitehead, Noah Clowney, Keon Johnson and Jaylen Martin are out.






