Jalen Wilson Is Playing 17 More Minutes a Night for the Nets
A teammate's absence has pushed Wilson into a much bigger role for the Nets, and the results are showing up in the box score.
Jalen Wilson has averaged 32.6 minutes a night for the Nets over his last three games. That is up from 15.9 minutes a game for the season, a jump of 17 minutes. The change started when a teammate went out of the lineup.
The added time has come with more production. Wilson scored 11 points a game over those three games, close to double his season average of 6.4 points. Over 54 games this season, his numbers were modest. In the last three, with more minutes, they have moved up.
For this level of playing time to continue, the teammate who is out would need to stay out. If that player returns to the lineup, Wilson's minutes would likely come back down toward his season average of 15.9. The scoring bump would probably shrink with it, since more of it has come from more time on the floor rather than a higher rate per minute.
The most recent game in this stretch was played on April 12, 2026, in the 2025-26 season. Three games is not long enough to say the role change is permanent. It is long enough to say something changed, and why.