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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Keon Ellis, who they acquired this past season, has reportedly signed with the Brooklyn Nets on a guaranteed two-year, $18 million deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Cavs traded for Ellis and point guard Dennis Schroder from the Sacramento Kings for De’Andre Hunter, a move that was widely seen as a […]
$9 million per year is way too much to be paying Keon Ellis.
The Brooklyn Nets agreed to a two-year, $18 million contract with guard Keon Ellis on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.
The Nets plan to sign free agent wing Keon Ellis to a two-year, $18MM contract, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Charania refers to the second year deal as a “mutual option,” but says it’s fully guaranteed (Twitter link). Those details seem somewhat at odds, so we’ll have to wait to see how […]
Now that the NBA has set its salary cap for the 2026/27 league year at $164,961,000, we have a clear idea of what maximum-salary contracts will look like for the coming season. Listed below are the maximum-salary contracts for players signing contracts that start in 2026/27. The first chart shows the maximum salaries for a […]
Suddenly, the 2026 NBA free agency market for center is shallow, and the Bulls look prescient via their pre-NBA Draft trade to acquire center Nic Claxton.
Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks recently spoke with media members about rookie Mikel Brown Jr.’s talent level/growth/intelligence (selected sixth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft). (via Brooklyn Nets): “I think anytime you can add a level of talent like that… we’ve watched him coming up through his high school career, whether it’s at [Nike] Hoop […] The post Sean Marks: Mikel Brown Jr.’s a student of the game appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
With the beginning of the NBA’s moratorium period less than 24 hours away, the Brooklyn Nets have officially made decisions on all of their club options. Chaney Johnson will be back on a two-way contract, and Malachi Smith will be on the team’s training camp roster. Josh Minott and Day’Ron Sharpe, respectively, earned extensions, and […]
As the Los Angeles Lakers search for ways to build out the rotation, the Brooklyn Nets has thrown them a bone.
The Boston Celtics have not made much progress with trade talks for Jaylen Brown so far this offseason, The Athletic's Sam Amick reported Tuesday.
Late last week, we got the news that former North Carolina men’s basketball player Coby White had agreed to a new deal with the Charlotte Hornets, who he had been acquired by in a trade last season. On Monday, we got more news that another Tar Heel had come to an agreement on a new […]
The Brooklyn Nets are bringing back forward Chaney Johnson after the 24-year-old agreed to sign his two-way qualifying offer, according to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Johnson appeared in 17 games for Brooklyn during the 2025-26 season, averaging 8.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.9 steals in 20.5 minutes per game. He shot […] The post Nets retain Chaney Johnson on two-way deal appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
The Brooklyn Nets have declined to tender qualifying offers to guards/forwards Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson, making both players unrestricted free agents, according to NBA insider Michael Scotto. By passing on qualifying offers, Brooklyn loses any matching rights and allows both players to negotiate freely with any team when free agency opens. Agbaji arrived in […] The post Nets decline qualifying offers to Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Brooklyn Nets rookie Mikel Brown Jr. has revealed the message he got from his new teammate, Julius Randle, after this […]
Nets forward Chaney Johnson will sign his two-way qualifying offer to remain with the team, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets. Brooklyn tendered the qualifying offer over the weekend. The qualifying offer is equivalent to another one-year, two-way deal with a partial guarantee of approximately $91K. Johnson appeared in 12 games for Brooklyn this past season, […]
With the 2026 NBA Draft behind us, there’s no rest for the weary as free agency begins this week. What will Mike Gansey and company look to do with some serious holes to fill? Credit to Gansey, he didn’t mince words when talking after the draft. While the team filled a need for a backup […]
The Nets are exercising their minimum-salary team option on Malachi Smith, who signed a two-year contract with the team in April, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post (Twitter link). The option is worth $2,150,917, but picking it up doesn’t necessarily lock in that amount on Brooklyn’s cap for 2026/27. Smith’s salary will remain […]
The Brooklyn Nets are keeping Day’Ron Sharpe in the frontcourt, as the 24-year-old center intends to sign a new two-year, $20 million contract with the franchise, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal comes after Brooklyn declined Sharpe’s team option, allowing the two sides to negotiate a new contract. The Nets made the same procedural […] The post Day’Ron Sharpe agrees to new Nets deal appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Brooklyn Nets forward Josh Minott intends to sign a new two-year, $9 million contract to return to the franchise, according to NBA insider Shams Charania. The agreement includes a team option for the second season, while the Nets declined Minott’s previous team option to create the path for a new deal. Minott, 23, arrived in […] The post Nets bring back Josh Minott on two-year deal appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
The Brooklyn Nets are bringing back both Day’Ron Sharpe and Josh Minott on two-year deals, according to reports Monday morning by Shams Charania and Mike Scotto. The team also exercised its team option on Malachi Smith, but the deal was totally non-guaranteed. Sharpe will sign a two-year, $20 million deal, apparently without options, while Minott […]
Day'Ron Sharpe and Josh Minott are both off the board ahead of free agency.
The Brooklyn Nets re-signed Day’Ron Sharpe and Josh Minott to multi-year deals on the eve of free agency. Following an impressive season, the Nets declined Sharpe’s $6.25 million team option and signed him to a two-year, $20 million deal, according to Hoopshype’s Michael Scotto. Similarly, they declined Minott’s $2.6 million team option and inked him […] The post Nets bring back Day’Ron Sharpe, Josh Minott on multi-year deals after impressive seasons appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Nets intend to decline their team options on center Day’Ron Sharpe and forward Josh Minott in order to sign them to multiyear contracts, according to multiple reports. Sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link) that Sharpe will sign a new two-year, $20MM deal, while Shams Charania of ESPN reports (via Twitter) that Minott […]
Joshua Jefferson was one of college basketball’s most productive players during his senior season at Iowa State. He’ll now look to carry over that impact to the Brooklyn Nets after they selected him 28th overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-8 forward will have an instant opportunity to carve out a role with the […] The post Nets first-round pick compares game to Julius Randle, Draymond Green appeared first on ClutchPoints .
It’s no longer common for teams to rely on NBA free agency to build the foundation of their rosters and add superstars, like the Nets did back in 2019 when they hoarded cap room to bring Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn. But a handful of impact players still reach free agency every year, […]