{
  "id": 14092050,
  "title": "Every player from Alabama to play for the Brooklyn Nets: K.J. McDaniels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/every-player-from-alabama-to-play-for-the-brooklyn-nets-k-j-mcdaniels",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T02:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/every-player-alabama-play-brooklyn-020034525.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Brooklyn Nets have a long history of signing, drafting, and trading for players from various states in the US and around the world. Among these players, one notable Alabama native is K.J. McDaniels. McDaniels attended Central Park Christian high school and Clemson University before being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 32nd overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. He spent his first 52 games in the NBA with the Sixers before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2017. As part of our ongoing series documenting the backgrounds of every Nets player, we focus on K.J. McDaniels, the only player from Alabama to play for the Brooklyn Nets. During his time with the Nets, McDaniels averaged 6.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.",
  "summary": "Our focus in this article is K.J. McDaniels.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Nets player grades for 131-122 preseason win over Trae Young, Wizards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nets-player-grades-for-131-122-preseason-win-over-trae-young-wizards",
        "published": "2026-10-13T02:01:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}