Nets’ Tyson Etienne Gives Back, Hosting His First-Ever Camp at LuHi

We're nowhere near Christmas, but the Brooklyn Nets have treated this summer as the season of giving.

Brooklyn's incoming rookie class—consisting of Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, Drake Powell, Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf—surprised a Brooklyn Basketball clinic at Sunset Park back in July. The five Nets newcomers led drills and directly engaged with 50 children in attendance.

In early August, Dariq Whitehead, Drew Timme and Tyson Etienne made an appearance at a Brooklyn basketball camp at Hellenic Classical Charter School, mentoring the youth of the community the Nets play in.

“Being able to be in the community, with the kids, being in Brooklyn, I think it’s special,” Etienne via NetsDaily's Collin Helwig on Aug. 11. “To be able to contact those kids and let them know that we’re an arms reach away, to inspire them. Maybe it’s somebody here one day that might play on the Brooklyn Nets, you never know. But I think us being able to come in here and talk to them, talk about the game, I think that’s really important, and I’m just glad to be a part of it, especially with my dog Drew.”

Now, Etienne's generosity has resulted in his own camp, which just so happens to be held at his alma mater. Etienne, 25, graduated from the historic Long Island Lutheran in 2019. Six years later, he hosted his first-ever camp at LuHi, Brooklyn's official X account posted on Sept. 2.