Veteran swingman C.J. Miles is on the Nets’ radar, according to Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News (Twitter link). For now, the Nets remain in a holding pattern while they wait for the Wizards to match the offer sheet they gave to Otto Porter.
The Porter situation is somewhat tricky, as the Wizards plan to match, but they may do so only after tying up Brooklyn’s cap space for as long as possible. This means that Porter’s offer sheet could stay on the Nets’ salary cap through July 12 at the latest. Since Porter’s offer sheet is substantial at $106.5MM over four years, the Nets cannot make any significant free agent offers until the Wizards match. As such, Miles would have to be willing to wait a little longer.
After a flurry of free agent signings around the NBA, Miles is suddenly one of the top players available. The 30-year-old free agent averaged 10.7 points per his 76 games with the Pacers last season, starting 29 of them. Miles boasted a strong slash line of .434/.413/.903, making him an appealing target for teams in need of shooting help.
Another free agent the Nets will wait to have on is Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, whose rights the Pistons renounced on Friday. KCP is very likely the top unrestricted free agent available and the Nets are in the market for a wing.
How can the wizards keep this going until the 12th? I thought teams only had 3 days so the 8th would be the deadline?
Today is the deadline for the Wizards match or not match, but there are little CBA quirks that let them drag it out an extra few days. Tim Bontemps had a good piece explaining them: link to washingtonpost.com
Oh alright thank you
Luke did you guys know app users can’t access the links posted in the comment section? Like i was interested in reading up on that, but it just says link to washingtonpost.com. I brought it up with the PHR staff and they said they would contact the developer but that was awhile ago.
Didn’t realize that, so I appreciate the heads-up!