EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. –- The Nets made a slight youth movement in the offseason by acquiring young talent to develop.

One of the new young Nets put his athleticism on full display at the end of Thursday’s practice. Markel Brown drove baseline and threw down a thunderous one-handed dunk in traffic, the perfect way to end practice.

Markel Brown dazzled in practice Thursday. Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports

“Shut the practice down,” an impressed Deron Williams said. “Shut it down. We have seen a couple [of his dunks in practice but] not like this.”

The 6-foot-3 Brown, drafted in the second round out of Oklahoma State, is explosive. The Nets have wanted to see Brown improve on his jumper, and Williams said Brown "shot the peel off of [the ball]" on Thursday. But the dunk was most impressive.

“He had a 360 the other day on the break,” said Williams, who added that Thursday was the first scrimmage the team went through. “[But today’s dunk] was over [Mason Plumlee], on Mase’s head. Get that on film?”

Lionel Hollins had his team scrimmage for four quarters with many of the younger players on one unit. Bojan Bogdanovic, another one of the Nets’ new young players, played with the veterans' unit.

AK feeling better: Andrei Kirilenko went through a non-contact practice on Thursday, as he continues to nurse a sore back.

Sergey Karasev (sore right foot) and Alan Anderson (sore right abdominal muscle) did not practice.

Kirilenko is trying to be cautious with his back.

“Feeling a little better,” Kirilenko said. “Looking forward to getting back and find a way on the floor. Still no contact but feels way better.”

Motown Lionel: When asked what kind of tempo he would like to see the Nets play at, Hollins took time to show off some of his dance moves.

“We are going to be like Gladys Knight and the Pips,” Hollins said, as he mimicked the Pips by moving his feet and twisting a little bit. “I don’t know what our tempo is going to be.

“We are trying to run when we have a break and push it up when they make a bucket and get in our offense early,” Hollins added. “I don’t think we are going to be lightning fast or blowing it up the court but we will get up and down the court and play a little quicker.”