Brooklyn Nets: Breaking down Summer League roster

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Dzanan Musa, SF-SG (2017-18 team: Cedevita Zagreb, Croatia)

Brooklyn Nets’ fans hoping to get a first look at first-round pick Dzanan Musa during the Las Vegas Summer League will be disappointed, as the Nets are sending Musa to Vegas as an observer only.

Musa played a career-high 1,642 minutes for Cedevita last season in 71 games and also played four games in FIBA World Cup qualifying for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus the decision to let the 19-year-old focus on getting stronger and resting this summer.

He averaged 12.4 points per game in his third professional season with Cedevita Zagreb to go with 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 23.1 minutes per game, shooting .470/.313/.804.

Musa is aggressive in going to the rack off the drive, but will need to improve his touch from deep — his percentage has dipped over three seasons from 34.9 percent to 32.7 percent to last season’s 31.3 percent mark.

Theo Pinson, SG/SF (2017-18 team: North Carolina Tar Heels)

It’s fair to say that if Theo Pinson could shoot even a little bit, he likely would have been selected in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Pinson did a little of everything last season — his first as a full-time starter — for North Carolina. He played some wing at both the 2 and 3 and ran the point at times, averaging 10.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 29.7 minutes per game on .473/.226/.818 shooting.

He’s a terrific rebounder for his 6-foot-6, 210-pound size, is a top-notch defender, can play multiple positions and is solid playmaker. He checks off a lot of the boxes for the player teams look for in the modern NBA.

But oh that funky jump shot. His shooting touch is erratic, he struggles to score in traffic and the shots he decides to take can be questionable, even as he doesn’t do enough at times to make teams respect his scoring ability.

He shot only 53 3-pointer as a senior and just 179 in his four-year career at Carolina, hitting 25.7 percent overall. Pinson came back from a broken foot early in his junior season to help the Tar Heels to a national championship and could be the type of versatile glue guy teams need.

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Trevor Thompson, C (2017-18 team: Santa Cruz Warriors, G-League)

Seven-footer Trevor Thompson tested the NBA Draft waters in 2016 before withdrawing, but stayed in the draft pool after his junior season at Ohio State in 2017.

The big man went undrafted and wound up spending last season with the Santa Cruz Warriors in the G-League as a reserve.

In 38 games, Thompson averaged 5.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in 11.7 minutes per game while shooting .523/4-for-10/.750.

He’s definitely a project, but as the old saying goes, you can’t reach 7-feet, so he’ll get plenty of looks to see if he can develop into an NBA-calber player.

Thompson attacked the glass well, particularly on the defensive end, averaging 12.3 boards per 36 minutes and posting a 26.4 defensive rebound percentage with his overall rebound percentage of 18.8.

Thompson’s biggest issue last season was being foul-prone — he was whistled for 2.4 fouls per game, projecting out to a troubling 7.3 per 36 minutes. He has some bulk at 250 pounds, but needs a lot of polish.

Juan Pablo Vaulet, SF (2017-18 team: Bahia Basket, Argentina)

If it seems like forever that the Brooklyn Nets acquired the rights to Argentine wing Juan Pablo Vaulet in a draft-night trade with the Charlotte Hornets, it’s close.

Vaulet, now 22, was selected with the 39th overall pick by the Hornets in the 2015 NBA Draft and was sent to Brooklyn in exchange for the Nets’ least favorable second-round pick in 2018 , Brooklyn’s 2019 second-rounder and cash considerations.

Last season with Bahia Basket in Argentina, Vaulet averaged 9.7 points and 6.4 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game over 39 games, shooting .530/.270/.667.

Listed at 6-foot-6 and 200 pounds, Vaulet hasn’t experienced much elite competition outside of Argentina, playing two games for the Argentine national team in FIBA World Cup qualifying in 2017 and reprenting Argentina in U-17 and U-19 World cup competitions in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

His 3-point shooting remains a work in progress — the 10-for-37 he made last season marked the highest percentage of his four-year pro career with Bahia.

Still after three years of being stashed in South America, it will be interesting to see if there’s really anything there as far as a potential asset for the Nets.