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The Brooklyn Nets have been active this summer in taking on contracts, while adding future assets for doing so. With over $16 million remaining in cap space, the Nets may not be done either.

Sean Marks has already brought in Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann and Haywood Highsmith this offseason in salary-clearing trades. Those three deals netted Brooklyn two first-round picks (one was used to draft Drake Powell in 2025) and a future second-round pick.

The Nets have contracts lined up to re-sign Day'Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams, and to add Ricky Council IV, which makes roster spots an issue to monitor. Brooklyn currently has 15 players under contract, in addition to Cam Thomas as a still-pending restricted free agent.

Via Brian Lewis/New York Post

The market did not bear what we thought it would for Brooklyn being basically the only source for financial relief to other teams. Perhaps the Waive and Stretch provision took some of the value away from our capspace. If teams are willing to cut contracts worth hundreds of millions, then they don't "need" to trade with the Nets in order to balance their books.

2028 Clipper 1st and Embiid for Claxton and any minimum salary.

could definitely see them be the third team in a deal that involves kuzma and simons to the bucks.

Terry Rozier and a couple 2nds for Terrance Mann. Nets take about $11 million this year and get out of Mann's last 2 years, and they get 2 2nds for doing it.

Miami saves about $11 million this year and gets some extra wiggle room to stay out of the tax.

ecuhus1981 wrote:The market did not bear what we thought it would for Brooklyn being basically the only source for financial relief to other teams. Perhaps the Waive and Stretch provision took some of the value away from our capspace. If teams are willing to cut contracts worth hundreds of millions, then they don't "need" to trade with the Nets in order to balance their books.

The bucks and suns had nothing to trade.. The bucks especially so its not like the nets missed out..

ecuhus1981 wrote:The market did not bear what we thought it would for Brooklyn being basically the only source for financial relief to other teams. Perhaps the Waive and Stretch provision took some of the value away from our capspace. If teams are willing to cut contracts worth hundreds of millions, then they don't "need" to trade with the Nets in order to balance their books.

They got multiple firsts for $ rentals, don’t think it was a bad outcome. Not best case scenario but somewhere in the average range for selling cap. Just have to hope one of the picks turns into something.