ESPN reporter Malika Andrew reported that Nuggets signed Brown with a mini-middle class and gave the latter a 2-year 13 million contract. Brown played 72 regular season games for the Nets this season and started 45 games, scoring 9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists. , shooting 51% from two-point range and 40% from three-point range.
Brown has made great progress this season. In the playoffs he became the team's third leading scorer with 14 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists. He shot 56.8% from two-point range and 42.9% from three-point range. Brown played in the game Very hard, he is loved by Nets people.
According to previous news, the Nets are willing to renew Brown's contract to a four-year contract worth about 50 million. Brown also believes that he can sign a contract with the team, so his agent has not contacted other teams. Other teams also believe that he can sign a contract with the team. Brown will renew his contract with the Nets, so he has no intention of signing someone as soon as the trade market opens, while Brown is waiting for the Nets' contract.
At this time, the Nets were also completing the signing and renewal work step by step. First, they used the trade exception + the first rotation of the 76ers in 2023 to acquire Jazz O'Neal, and then renewed the contract with Clarkston for 2 years and 24 million for 2 years. 14.35 million and Mills renewed their contract. While the Nets were busy signing people to contract extensions, Durant personally told his boss Tsai Chongxin that he hoped the team would trade him. This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Nets.
Obviously the Nets don't know about Durant's request for a trade. They also want to stay in the team because Du Shao will work hard to strengthen the team and configure a strong lineup, but now Durant wants to make a trade. After leaving the Nets, it will be useless to equip them with a strong lineup. If the Nets pay hundreds of millions in luxury tax, they may not be able to make the playoffs, so the gain outweighs the loss.
The Nets finally woke up a few hours after Du Shao applied for the trade. They decided that the team would not spend money or pay luxury tax in the new season, so the Nets would no longer sign or renew the contract. In this way, Brown became a victim. He is still eagerly waiting for the Nets' contract. At this time, the signings of various teams are almost completed. The teams with mid-level space and space have already completed signings. Therefore, the only ones who want to sign Brown are the Nuggets and the mini-middle class. team.
Brown only got 13 million in 2 years and it has something to do with Durant. Otherwise, he would have received a 4-year 40-50 million contract from the Nets. The Nets are also the biggest victim. If Du Shao told the Nets as soon as the transfer market opened, If he wants to apply for a trade, the Nets will not renew contracts with Clarkston and Mills, let alone sacrifice O'Neal, the 76ers' first-round pick in 2023, so it is not true that Durant caused the Nets to lose a first-rounder.
Durant's failure to tell the Nets immediately that he wanted to trade may have been intentional, and he was deliberately trying to cause losses to the Nets. This was very similar to Irving in the summer of 2017, when all teams completed the transactions. After signing everyone, Irving suddenly told the management of Cavaliers that he did not want to play with James and wanted to be traded. This also caused the Cavaliers to suffer huge losses. If Irving told the Cavaliers immediately that he wanted to be traded, the Cavaliers could use him from The Pacers trade for George, so James and George may win another championship together, so James will not leave the Cavaliers for the Lakers in the summer of 2018.
Durant's request for a trade was due to his own conspiracy. He did this as revenge for the Nets not renewing Irving's contract. The direct consequence was that the Nets wasted 23 years on the 76ers' first-round trade to acquire O'Neal and renew his contract. Claxton also occupies the team's salary space. Now the Nets still have to find a way to get rid of Claxton, O'Neal and others so that the team's salary can be under the salary cap without paying luxury tax.
Durant's behavior was as damaging as Irving's back then. Durant's actions also made the Nets sad, so the Nets will definitely sell Durant if they don't want to be angry with him anymore.
