Brooklyn was poised to lose Bruce Brown to offers of nearly $ 9 million. Half of that they kept their defensive stopper.
Brown – a restricted free agent – signs a one-year qualifying offer of $ 4.7 million to return to Brooklyn, first reported by ESPN and by the Post has been confirmed. They also signed James Johnson to a one-year contract for the depths of the front court.
The 24-year-old Brown brought physicality and defense to the backcourt, but eventually played almost every position.
The Nets were worried that Brown’s market would hit $ 8 million, or maybe even $ 10 million, after a solid season. He averaged 8.8 points on a career high of 0.556 percent in shooting and 5.4 rebounds. Brown played 65 games and started 37 of them, with Brooklyn doing far better on the court with him. But the market never developed as expected for him.
For the sake of clarity, Hoopsrumors Brown placed 29th on his list of the top 50 free agents, which was between Knicks Center Nerlens Noel (three years, 43 million US dollars ) and new Bulls security guard Alex Caruso (four years, $ 37 million) are jammed. Measured against these deals, it will look even more like a bargain.
The day after Brooklyn kept the Blake Griffin launch center at a veteran minimum, Johnson, 34, got one too. Johnson’s signing essentially filled the void left when they lost the veteran great man Jeff Green. Johnson averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 boards last season in New Orleans where former Assistant General Manager of Nets Trajan Langdon was GM.
Johnson weighs 6 feet 7,240 pounds and has the defensive Variety of positions that the nets like. It is mainly a power forward, but it can also protect small strikers and even smaller centers.
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