JULY 10: The Nets have announced in a press release that they have officially re-signed Mills.
JULY 7: The Nets have officially re-signed Claxton, the team announced in a press release.
JUNE 30: The Nets are re-signing a pair of key rotation players from their 2021/22 squad, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter links), who reports that center Nic Claxton is receiving a two-year, $20MM contract, while guard Patty Mills gets a two-year, $14.5MM deal.
Brooklyn had Claxton’s Bird Rights and won’t need to use another cap exception to sign him. Mills’ deal appears to be the maximum amount he can receive on a Non-Bird deal, as Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype tweets.
Claxton, 23, was 31st pick of the 2019 draft after two collegiate seasons at Georgia. Injuries have played him throughout his three NBA seasons, but he’s shown to be a switchable, versatile defender when healthy. Brooklyn issued him a qualifying offer a couple of days ago, making him a restricted free agent.
In 47 games last season, including 19 starts (20.7 MPG), Claxton averaged 8.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG and 1.1 BPG while shooting 67.4% from the floor and 58.1% from the free-throw line. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer previously reported that Claxton was likely to return to Brooklyn.
Mills, 33, had a solid first season with Brooklyn in ’21/22, averaging 11.4 PPG, 1.9 RPG and 2.3 APG on .408/.400/.814 shooting in 81 regular season games (48 starts, 29 MPG). He averaged career-highs in three-point makes and attempts, with 2.8 and 7.0, respectively.
Mills has played 13 seasons in the league, spending his first couple of seasons with Portland before a 10-year run with the Spurs that included an NBA Championship in 2014. The veteran guard also led the Australian national team to a Bronze Medal at the Tokyo Olympics last summer.
Wojnarowski and Brian Lewis of The New York Post said last night that Mills hadn’t ruled out a return to the Nets after declining his player option to become a free agent. Mills isn’t quite as quick as he once was and is limited defensively despite giving solid effort, but he holds a career three-point percentage of 38.9%, which is always valuable.
They know they’re part of a trade package, take the bag
Maybe, but I don’t think they’ll want to add more salary to a trade with KD in it. Teams will have a hard enough time matching KDs salary
I think you can’t immediately trade a free agent signing, so they’re not going to be part of any trade in the preseason.
Let help here !!!!! Free of charge.
KD and Kyrie and Harden all think they can pull off a GMBron ……..
Well it’s not that easy. And harder when two Divas try it. And a Star believes in those Divas. Nobody I mean NO player is EVER running my Team. I will give my star input. But I run the business. Stick to playing
So here >>>>>>
KD to >>>> Suns ….
For >>>>
Ayton, Bridges, Saric plus three #1 picks, plus three swaps of #1 picks.
————————- or ———————-
KD to Warriors ….
For >>>>
Wiseman, Kuminga, Wiggins, plus two #1 picks and three swaps if #1 picks.
And only if Wiggins can be move in three way to Raptors for >>>> Barnes and a #1 pick.
I’m Nets I do either one. You Wellcome Nets.
But you did this to yourself. Greed kills the joy of the Game.
@KnickerbockerAl
Please.
As if the champions would make such a stupid trade?
Oh god. The Raptors are not trading Barnes for KD let alone Andrew Wiggins
Yeah cause they are sooooooo good
Nets are gonna be a play in team unless they can get something decent for Durant.
Yawn. Bruce Brown is better than Mills – Nets aren’t real bright.
This is from hoopshype.com: “Brown has full bird rights and Brooklyn can bring him back despite being over the salary cap and deep into the luxury tax. However, signing Brown to a $10M contract for example would cost BKN an extra $36M toward the luxury tax.”
They can still sign him. If they’re not looking toward a full rebuild, they probably will.
He’s a Nugget now.
Steve Mash won’t play him until 35 games into the season for whatever reason
O’Neale is Brown’s replacement; not Mills
Really liked Claxton in the draft a couple of years ago. Defensively, he has a lot of similarities to KD, but more as a big. With more opportunity on a team with a lot of floor space, I think he is very valuable at multiple positions
Nash getting ready to play more patty mills, Kyrie, Seth Curry, Cam Thomas, Joe Jarris on the floor together…
Good signings solid rotation guys. Ayton with Claxton backing up is a nice combo.
If Cam Thomas can play PG ………. Look out
26 pts 7 ast .
David Duke 21 pts ….