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Marks is officially wheeling and dealing.

Brown has a team option for the upcoming season. Salary dump?

Brown is a much better player at this point of their careers. Great move for the Nets.

Here we go...........not gonna get much work done today, I can already feel it.

PG is probably Brown's best position, this move is probably setting up for a potential Dinwiddie/Levert trade.

Stone wrote:Brown has a team option for the upcoming season. Salary dump?

I wouldn't think so, hes too good to dump. But I wouldn't be surprised if he was included in a subsequent deal before the season starts.

A minimum contract like Brown has does not affect an incoming teams salary equation in a trade, but it does count toward the outgoing salary equation with the 125% rule. It's possible that Houston wants him, but mechanically the deal that we have doesn't work with Musa's non-minimum salary.

Reading the tea leaves, it sounds like we are preparing to drop salary in a trade. Does that mean our dream of signing ibaka to the mle, and therefore being hard capped, is coming to fruition? If anyone can do it, it's Marks.

haosmoove wrote:PG is probably Brown's best position, this move is probably setting up for a potential Dinwiddie/Levert trade.

The biggest indicator will be if Kurucs is moved in a similar deal for a small valued contract.

I wish Musa the best and I hope that he can figure out his NBA niche in Detroit.

Brown adds some needed defense in the backcourt.

Musa's a hard worker and a good guy but this was a done deal when he couldn't contribute at all this year after all of our injuries. We badly needed him to give us a spark. Specifically when our bench was Pinson + Shump and especially in the bubble.

On the bright side for him, his defense was a lot better than I expected. His jump shot is gonna need to get a lot better if he wants to stick in the league after his rookie contract.

Brown looks like a good athlete and defender. Definitely a guy we need regardless of whatever trades follow this.

The Nets are clearing jersey #13...

[tweet]Adrian Wojnarowski: The Nets are sending the 2021 second-round pick via Toronto, per sources. Musa was the 29th overall pick in the 2018 Draft, a versatile 6-9 forward. Nets like Brown’s defensive ability, honed in University of Miami program.[/tweet]

Also, I believe Browns contract is guaranteed if he was not waived by a certain date.

Stone wrote:[tweet]Adrian Wojnarowski: The Nets are sending the 2021 second-round pick via Toronto, per sources. Musa was the 29th overall pick in the 2018 Draft, a versatile 6-9 forward. Nets like Brown’s defensive ability, honed in University of Miami program.[/tweet]

Also, I believe Browns contract is guaranteed if he was not waived by a certain date.

That makes sense. One site I checked stated that there is a team option and another said it's non-guaranteed.

While it's good to add wing defenders to this team, this could very well just be a move just to clear some cap space.

Love this trade. Love Brown. Exact kind of bench player this team needs. Hard nosed guy who can do a little bit of everything and bring some energy off the bench. He is a poor mans Ginobli (maybe very poor mans, but considering they gave up nothing for him it's a great move).

Stone wrote:Brown has a team option for the upcoming season. Salary dump?

i doubt it. musa makes so little he is easy to dump in a bigger deal without attaching a pick. i think they probabluy want low cost defenders

I remember him giving us problems in one of those games last year.

Bruce Brown’s defense:

NetsJets wrote:I remember him giving us problems in one of those games last year.

Yep, I remember too. That's why I'm pretty excited about this deal. The guy has the dog in him.

This isn't a cost cutting move, Brown actually fits really well here, and is the type of player we need.

Pistons fan here: Bruce Brown is a guy that every team hopes to have. He can backup PG - SG and even defend some SF. Plays at 100%.

As you can see from the highlights, he can even have excellent games. For 2 million its a steal. He has won some games for the Pistons in the past from defense, hustle and heart.

He can't shoot. But he does everything else.

Great trade for y'all