Lincoln legend Whitehead staying home
Nets Grab Brooklyn-Bred Railsplitters Point Guard in Draft Night Deal
Geographically speaking, Isaiah Whitehead’s return to Brooklyn wasn’t much of a homecoming at all.
After all, the Brooklyn native and legendary Lincoln High School point guard played collegiately at Seton Hall University the past two years in South Orange, N.J., with the Pirates using the Nets’ previous arena, Newark’s Prudential Center, as their home court.
“I mean, I played here in high school,” Whitehead said after the Nets made a Draft Night deal with Utah last Thursday at the Barclays Center for the right to pick the homegrown playmaker with the 42nd overall selection in the second round.