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The Nets added one of the best shooters in the draft Wednesday night when they took UCLA deadeye Tyler Bilodeau at 43rd overall. 

The senior forward will join Brooklyn on a two-way deal, sources told The Post. 

How much else Bilodeau can do besides shoot will likely determine what kind of playing time the 22-year-old gets. 


  Tyler Bilodeau of the UCLA Bruins celebrates in the second half against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the third round of the 2026 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 12, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images Tyler Bilodeau of the UCLA Bruins celebrates in the second half against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the third round of the 2026 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 12, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images

After taking Mikel Brown Jr. and Joshua Jefferson in the first round Tuesday, Brooklyn tabbed Bilodeau in the second a night later. He averaged a team-high 17.6 points and 5.6 rebounds, but the skill set that got him to the league was his high-volume shooting, and he drilled a white-hot 46.4 percent from 3-point range on 5.4 attempts per game. He shot 51.8 percent overall and 87.3 percent from the foul line. 

Bilodeau has solid lineage and length. 

His father, Brent, was a first-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL draft and had a decadelong pro career. His mother, Cass Bauer-Bilodeau, played in the WNBA. Now he’ll get his shot at the NBA. 

As a two-way player, Bilodeau will likely bounce back and forth between Brooklyn and G-League affiliate Long Island. 

The Nets will start Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr. at the forward spots, just picked Jefferson in the first round and also have Noah Clowney, Danny Wolf and Josh Minott in the frontcourt. But Bilodeau does bring a rare combination of size and shooting. 

He measured at 6-foot-7 ¼ and 228 pounds last month at the NBA draft combine in Chicago, along with a 7-0 ¾ wingspan. 

Granted, at 22, he’s one of the older players in the class and may have limited upside. But at least he’s still trending in the right direction, shooting 30.0 percent from deep as a freshman, 34.5 percent as a sophomore and 40.0 percent as a junior before his final leap as a senior. 

The Nets and Dion Brown have agreed to an Exhibit-10 deal. Brown spent last season at St. Louis, averaging 11.3 points on 61.6 percent shooting and 5.4 boards. 

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