While the Nets are the youngest team in the NBA, their record rookie class hasn’t played as much as some fans want.

But Noah Clowney could calm some of that consternation.

He’s coming off the best two-game stretch of his budding career, impressive enough stepping in for absent Michael Porter Jr. that Brooklyn decided to displace the veteran altogether, Clowney bumping him to small forward.

It’s a promising development. The Nets hope it’s a permanent one.

“When he plays like this, he looks like a grown man at 21. Focused, he can help us on the boards, he can shoot the 3. He’s an overall player,” coach Jordi Fernández said. “He really improved his game and helped the team. His growth, his ceiling is … we don’t even know, even though I can imagine.

“His leadership, the type of person he

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