The Nets’ focus is on the future. There is no alternative with the NBA’s youngest roster and a losing streak with no end in sight.

But on a night when three of their record-setting five first-round picks didn’t see action until garbage time, 21-year-old Noah Clowney made his strongest statement of the season about his place in the team’s rebuilding plans, putting up a season-high 15 points, six rebounds and two steals in the Nets’ 125-109 loss to the Timberwolves at Barclays Center.

Clowney, a 2023 first-round pick out of Alabama, entered the game averaging just 4.3 points on 23.3 percent shooting from the field, but the 6-foot-10 forward made the most of his first start of the season, filling in for Michael Porter Jr., who was out due to personal reasons.

Brooklyn Nets forward Noah C

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