The opening stretch of training camp is finished. The Nets now turn to preseason play, beginning Saturday against Hapoel ‘Bank Yahav’ Jerusalem at Barclays Center. Practice intensity has been high, but players and coaches alike are eager to see how it translates against outside competition.

“It’s a great feeling because you feel all this energy in the gym here and we’ve been playing against each other, and now, you get to play somebody new,” head coach Jordi Fernández said. “I think that’s very exciting. Guys are trying to position themselves and competing against each other for who starts, who’s in the rotation, minutes, and so on. I think that’s the healthy competition we want. Now, we get to take it to the next step, which is like a real game.”

Hapoel Jerusalem, a fixture in both th

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