Brooklyn Nets Sign Tyson Etienne To Two-Way Contract

BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Nets have signed guard Tyson Etienne to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. In a related move, the Nets have requested waivers on two-way forward Kendall Brown.

Etienne (6’2”, 200) has played in and started 25 regular season games this season with Brooklyn’s NBA G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, and holds averages of 20.0 points on 50.6 percent shooting from the floor, 47.5 percent shooting from 3-point range (eighth in the league) and 79.0 percent shooting from the free-throw line, 3.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals in 35.5 minutes per contest. He currently leads the NBA G League in 3-pointers made (84) this season, while trying just the 16th-most 3-point attempts (177). The 25-year-old also saw action in 16 Tip-Off Tournament games this season with Long Island. Etienne spent the first two seasons (2022-24) of his professional career with the College Park Skyhawks, the Atlanta Hawks’ NBA G League affiliate. In 77 career NBA G League appearances (38 starts) over three seasons (2022-25) with Long Island and College Park, Etienne has averaged 11.7 points on 45.9 percent shooting from the field, 41.0 percent shooting from distance and 79.8 percent shooting from the free-throw line, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 24.4 minutes per game. The Englewood, N.J., native went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft after three seasons (2019-22) at Wichita State University, where he departed tied for third on the Shockers’ all-time 3-pointers made leaderboard (200) and earned American Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year accolades as a sophomore.

Brooklyn’s roster now stands at 18 players with three two-way players.