The Brooklyn Nets are being investigated by the NBA after fielding a threadbare roster for their recent game against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to reports.

In an eventual 144-122 defeat against the Bucks, the Nets rested four key players and pulled three more early into the game much to the dismay of their supporters.

Nicolas Claxton, Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and Cameron Johnson were all left out of Wednesday’s game, while Mikal Bridges, Royce O’Neale and Cam Thomas were all pulled after the first quarter.

The game against Milwaukee was Brooklyn’s fifth in seven days and came before they embarked on a four-game road trip.

Yet according to the New York Post, the NBA is now investigating the Nets’ team-selection decisions to find out whether they violated player availability rules in the process.

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The Brooklyn Nets (pictured, head coach Jacque Vaughn) are being investigated by the NBA after fielding a threadbare roster for their recent game against the Milwaukee Bucks

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Spencer Dinwiddie (left) and Nicolas Claxton (right) were among four players left out of the Nets’ eventual 144-122 defeat

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Mikal Bridges also expressed his disappointment with being one of three players pulled early

One man who wasn’t best pleased with the decision making was Bridges, with the Nets’ star player expressing his disappointment at being pulled early after the game.

Before the game, head coach Jacque Vaughn claimed Bridges only lined up initially because it extended his consecutive-games streak to 423.
‘I guess for their purposes [that] is why,’ the small forward said when told of Vaughn’s reasoning. ‘But I’m healthy, so I [don’t] see why I wouldn’t play.’

Vaughn then insisted after the defeat that it was an executive decision to leave so many players out against the Bucks.

‘I’ve got to think short term and long term and make executive decisions for the betterment of the group,’ he said. ‘It’s unfortunate tonight that they just got to the point where we’re putting them in harm’s way by putting them out there tonight.’