MARCH 17: The Nets have officially signed Brown to a 10-day contract, the team announced in a press release. The deal will run through March 26, covering Brooklyn’s next five games, and will pay Brown $109,318.
MARCH 16: The Nets are working toward a contract agreement with free agent center Moses Brown, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Brown will be receiving a 10-day contract from the Nets, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (via Twitter).
Brooklyn has an open spot on its 15-man roster following the expiration of Nerlens Noel‘s 10-day contract on Wednesday night. Brian Lewis of The New York Post reported that the Nets don’t intend to re-sign Noel to a second 10-day deal.
Brown began this season on a two-way deal with the Clippers, appearing in 34 games as a backup center behind Ivica Zubac, averaging 4.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in just 8.5 minutes per night. He wasn’t always a part of the team’s rotation and slid further down the depth chart following L.A.’s trade-deadline acquisition of Mason Plumlee, eventually leading to his release when he reached the two-way limit of 50 active games.
Brown subsequently signed a two-way contract with the Knicks last week, but was waived just four days later and became an unrestricted free agent again this Tuesday. Now he’s on track to move from one New York borough to another and join a Nets team that has been on the lookout for reliable frontcourt depth behind center Nic Claxton for much of the season.
The Nets will be Brown’s eighth NBA team since 2019, though he has appeared in regular season games for just five of those clubs.
Yep, just like I thought, Noel was in, and out in record time
Wanted my lakers to get him
But rob pelinka is sleeping as usual
So, Noel wouldn’t be eligible to play for any other team in the playoffs besides the Nets, correct?
I see he’s off the roster list but there haven’t been any additions yet. I gather Moses Brown would be playoff-eligible if he signed because he has only been on two-way contracts since March 1.
You’ve actually got it backwards. Noel would be playoff-eligible since he hasn’t been waived since March 1, whereas Brown HAS been waived since March 1, so he wouldn’t be playoff-eligible.
Released a week ago now sounds like we’ll be seeing Mo
Dude is legit and better than 10 back up bigs making 5x the minimum
Nets hope MOSES will part the East River and lead the team to the Promised Land.
“Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man. And I believe in a promised land”
Nets hanging in for playoffs.
Ben should be helping. It’s getting sad with Ben.