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Brooklyn Nets exercise team options on four players

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Official: Nets keeping Keon Johnson, Jalen Wilson, Tyrese Martin and

On Saturday afternoon, the Brooklyn Nets announced they have exercised team options on four of their young rotation players: Keon Johnson, Tyrese Martin, Jalen Wilson and Drew Timme, one day after waiving Maxwell Lewis. All five had a Saturday deadline to extend their deals with Brooklyn.

All four are on vets minimum deals at around $2 million and are non-guaranteed, per Yossi Gozlan of Capsheets.com. Even after the options move, Gozlan reports that the Nets retain $45 million in cap space...

Updated 2025 offseason spending tiers:

️Brooklyn Nets set with $45 million in cap space after exercising all team options.

Memphis Grizzlies lost some cap space by moving up in the draft.

Houston Rockets as of now below the aprons with the new Fred VanVleet contract. pic.twitter.com/0RPGxRszLA

— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 28, 2025​

Johnson, Wilson and Timme have further option dates coming up which if not exercised can give the front office more flexibility and limit salary cap exposure.

Johnson and Wilson are now partially guaranteed at $271,614 and $88,075, respectively through NBA Opening Night, October 22. If they make the Nets final roster, Johnson’s guarantee jumps to $760,000 while Wilson’s goes to $381,695. Like all players on non and partially guaranteed deals. they and Timme can be waived up to January 10.

Lewis had an extension outstanding and the Nets will have to pay him $100,000.

Brooklyn has until Sunday to extend qualifying offers to their three restricted free agents: Cam Thomas, Day’Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams. Brooklyn has had exclusive negotiating rights with the three since last Monday. The team was expected to move onto their own free agents following the Draft. Also, Sunday, starting at 6:00 p.m. ET, the Nets can talk with other teams’ free agents, even extend them offer sheets that their current team has 48 hours to match. Sean Marks did that four times in his first two years, each time unsuccessfully.

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In another roster move involving last season’s roster, two-way Reese Beekman has signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Denver Nuggets. He had been on a two-way with Brooklyn, having been acquired as part of the December trade that sent Dennis Schroeder to Golden State.

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/6/28/24457938/brooklyn-nets-exercise-team-options-on-four-players

 

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Brooklyn Nets invite Dre Davis, former Seton Hall and Ole Miss wing to Summer League

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More invites on the way to Brooklyn...

Dre Davis, a 23-year-old 6’6’ wing who played for Seton Hall, Louisville and most recently Ole’ Miss, has been invited to play for the Brooklyn Nets Summer League team in Las Vegas.

Jon Chepkevich of Draft Express broke the news...

Ole Miss’ Dre Davis will join the Brooklyn Nets for NBA Summer League, I’m told.

The 6’6” forward averaged 10.1 PTS, 4.8 REB, 1.3 AST, 1.0 STL, and 1.0 BLK for the 24-win Rebels this season.

Started 111 games over five seasons, with previous stops at Louisville and Seton Hall. pic.twitter.com/EIof5VeCJ6

— Jon Chepkevich (@JonChep) June 28, 2025​

In two seasons at Seton Hall, played in 60 games while scoring 774 points with 297 rebounds, 75 assists, 46 steals and 57 blocks. In 2023-24, he was tied for second on the team in scoring with an average of 15.0 points per game. After transferring to Ole ‘Miss last season, he averaged 10. 43/36/68 shooting splits. He also averaged 4.8 rebounds as well as a block and a steal in 34 games, all starts.

Davis has a reputation as defensively versatile, capable of guarding a number of positions. He also had a reputation stepping up in big games.

“He played with courage and like the player we recruited and coached and taught to be. Just really proud of the way he competed more than anything,” said Ole ‘Miss head coach Chris Beard. “We ask a lot of Dre. Position-less player; guarding all five positions on offense. Had some timely baskets, a double-double against Tennessee on Senior Night. That speaks for itself.”

At Seton Hall, he was more of a go-to scorer for Shaheen Holloway

Davis is the third SL invite following the end of the Draft’s second round Thursday night. Brooklyn had previously signed Grant Nelson, a 6’11” big who played for North Dakota State and Alabama, and T.J. Bamba, a 6’5” wing who played for Washington State and Villanova prior to transferring to Oregon. All three are seen as two way players, 3-and-D candidates.

The Nets are expected to add at least one more Summer League participant.

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/6/28...davis-former-seton-hall-wing-to-summer-league

 

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Brooklyn Nets extend QO to Cam Thomas, not Day’Ron Sharpe or Ziaire Williams

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Something up? Sure looks that way.

This story is likely to be updated!

As the clock ticked toward 6:00 p.m. ET Sunday, the official start of free agency, the Brooklyn Nets made big decisions on their three restricted free agents, extending a qualifying offer to Cam Thomas but not to Day’Ron Sharpe or Ziaire Williams, making the two unrestricted free agents, free to talk with any other team.

But from everything we have heard from inside and outside the the front office, Brooklyn intends to re-sign both Sharpe and Williams using cap space or Bird Rights while simultaneously working some other deal yet to be revealed.

As one league source reported, “We hope to sign both. Not extending QO’s gives Nets more flexibility heading into free agency.” The start of free agency permits teams to negotiate with free agents, tender offer sheets, etc. It seems almost certain that the Nets have spoken to representation for the three players, all of whom have publicly an expressed a desire to return.

Mike Scotto was first with the news ...

Sources: The Brooklyn Nets tendered Cam Thomas his one-year, $5.99 million qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent. Thomas averaged a career-high 24 points and 3.8 assists for Brooklyn this season. pic.twitter.com/Bp5fjVJHRB

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 29, 2025​

Sources: The Brooklyn Nets declined to tender Day’Ron Sharpe his 1-year, $5.98 million qualifying offer. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent after averaging 7.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in 18.1 minutes per game this season. Brooklyn hopes to re-sign him with cap space flexibility. pic.twitter.com/BfPc6T9Bpa

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 29, 2025​

Sources: The Brooklyn Nets won’t tender Ziaire Williams his 1-year, $8.35M qualifying offer. The Nets hope to retain Williams. This move gives themselves more free agent cap flexibility. Williams will become an unrestricted free agent after averaging 10 points and 4.6 rebounds. pic.twitter.com/mQK8n7M7yK

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 29, 2025​

The big reason to renounce the capholds on the two 23-year-olds is simple as Yossi Gozlan pointed out. If they hadn’t, Sharpe’s $11.9 million caphold and Williams $18.1 million caphold would’ve counted against the salary cap, removing $14 million from the cap, thus decreasing the Nets ability to work larger deals like salary dumps in return for future picks, particularly in 2026. The Nets have four picks, but only one, their own, in the first round.

They could also use the additional cap space to tender an offer sheet to a player like like. Santi Aldama of the Memphis Grizzlies, rumored to be a Nets target. Once that business, whatever it is, gets done, the Nets can return to the bargaining table to work out deals with Thomas, Sharpe and Williams.

They can also hold off on negotiating a new contract with Cam Thomas. By tendering him a qualifying offer of $12.0 million, the Nets retained the right to match any deal the 23-year-old gets from another team. Since virtually no team other than Brooklyn has any cap space, that’s unlikely.

Sean Marks & co. have already worked one salary dump this week. They used some of their cap space to facilitate Tuesday night’s three-team deal with the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics. The Nets took on Terance Mann’s three-year, $47 million contract and in return received the Hawks No. 22 pick which became Drake Powell ... without giving up anything appreciable. Final details on that deal will become available when it’s made official on July 6.

Indeed, even after that move, the Nets are estimated to still have between $45 and $52 million, as Gozlan, Bobby Marks and Brian Lewis all reported.

Brooklyn offseason

* Brooklyn has to spend 90% of the salary cap ($139.2M) by the 1st day of the regular season.

* They have $93.8M in salary

* Minimum of $45.4M in spending pic.twitter.com/N1Zz73evDO

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) June 29, 2025​

When might we hear something? Anytime, basically.

• Nets make decision on qualifying offer for Cam Thomas, two others - Brian Lewis - New York Post
• Nets send Cam Thomas to RFA, let 2 contributors hit open market - Erik Slater - Clutch Points

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/6/29...m-thomas-not-dayron-sharpe-or-ziaire-williams

 

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Two-Time Brooklyn Net Bojan Bogdanović to retire

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He (technically) had multiple stints on the team in its Brooklyn era and somehow dodged all the craziness

Bojan Bogdanović is hanging it up. The sharp shooting Croatian forward announced his retirement from the game of basketball this morning on Instagram.

While technically a Brooklyn Net last year, Bogey never appeared in a game. He suffered an ankle injury with the New York Knicks during the 2024 playoffs, underwent season-ending foot surgery in April, and then again this past February as a member of the Nets, who waived him to make room for Killian Hayes.

That all seemed to play a large role in his decision to call it a career.

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“After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries, and countless efforts to get back on the court, the time has come to close a chapter,” Bogdanović said. “After more than two decades in the game, the moment has arrive to say goodbye to basketball. Not just as a sport, but as part of who I am.”

“I’ve had the privilege of playing for clubs that left their mark on both European and NBA basketball. From Mostar and Zrinjski, to Real Madrid and Murcia, then to Cibona and Ferenbahçe, I wore every jersey with pride,” he also wrote. “The NBA brought a whole new level of challenge and experience. I had the honor of wearing the jerseys of the Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons and finally the New York Knicks. Every stop left a mark. Every jeresey carried its own weight.”

Bogdanović came to Brooklyn in 2014 after playing 10 years overseas, staying until midway through the 2016-17 season. As a talented player new on the NBA scene, he was a bright spot for a team stuck in limbo. He averaged 11.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in a Nets uniform while posting .441/.366/.847 splits. Although his best years came in Utah, his lone NBA accolade came in Brooklyn when he was named to the 2014-15 NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

After playing another season and a half, the Nets dealt him along with Chris McCullough to the Washington Wizards for for Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton, and a 2017 first round draft pick that turned into Jarrett Allen. He came back last summer as part of the Mikal Bridges trade — but the closest thing we got to an actual return from him was during Practice At the Park.

Bojan Bogdanović gets welcomed back in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/FxKK6xAIHM

— Collin Helwig (@collinhelwig) October 13, 2024​

As someone able to contribute as a starter or off the bench, being a more than capable shooter from deep, and a rather humble guy, Bogdanović’s game and character were both well-respected throughout his career.

“He’s a pretty complete player,” said Mirza Teletovic of Bogdanović in 2014, taking him under his wing at the time. “His motor, both offensively and defensively, is pretty good...He really understands basketball, understands what he’s supposed to do on the court.”

Bogey’s place on the Nets timeline is as interesting as anyone’s. The amount of things that happened between his first season and his last are frankly astonishing. He left in a trade that planted a few seeds for Sean Marks’ first rebuild, Brooklyn then made the playoffs with D’Angelo Russell for the first time in three years, completed the “clean sweep” and nearly won a championship, blew it up, tried to retool with Bridges, and then blew that up as well.

He began his career as a Net. Now he’ll end it that way. And everything that happened in-between was absolute theater.

“I’m closing this chapter, but my love for the game remains,” he concluded. “I didn’t reach the end. I’ve reached the other side of the beginning.”

Cheers to that and a great career, Bogey. We’re wishing you the best.

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/6/29/24458512/two-time-brooklyn-net-bojan-bogdanovic-to-retire

 

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TRADE: Brooklyn Nets trade Cam Johnson to Denver Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr., first

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Nets get a guy with a ring...

Michael Porter Jr, a key player in the Denver Nuggets title run two years ago, has been traded to the Brooklyn Nets along with an unprotected first rounder in 2032. Going west: Cam Johnson.

Shams Charania was first with news...

BREAKING: The Denver Nuggets are trading Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Cam Johnson, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/o6rdWhu3Rl

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2025​

Shams colleague, Ramona Shelburne, responded to the news saying “the Nets are excited about MPJ and the intention is to keep him.”

The trade brings to Brooklyn a 6’10” 27-year-old with a career 16.2 point average on 50/41/80 shooting splits. Last season, MPJ scored 18.2 points on 50/40/77 not much different from CamJ’s 18.8 points on 48/40/89 shooting. Porter Jr. however is two years younger ... and with far more playoff experience, 75 games compared to 38.

The big difference is in salary. Porter Jr. will make $33.3 million in 2025-26 $40.8 million the year after. (In his contract, signed in 2022, the Nuggets commitment 2026-27 could have been reduced to a partial guarantee of $12.0 million. But also under terms of his contract, the salary would become fully guaranteed if Nuggets won a title in the course of the deal … which they did in 2023.)

Brooklyn Offseason

FYI- The 2nd year of the Michael Porter Jr. contract became guaranteed when Denver won the 2023 NBA Championship. pic.twitter.com/TZLJtb6SFS

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 1, 2025

Johnson has two years guaranteed on his deal, $21.1 million this coming year and $23.1 million in 2025-26. He is eligible next month for a three-year, $102 extension.

Mike Scott spoke with him after the trade.

I spoke with Cam Johnson shortly ago about his reaction to being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick.

Johnson told me, “I’m excited to compete for a championship. It’s a new beginning.” pic.twitter.com/I5LIok12hh

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) July 1, 2025​

The disparity in salary will reduce the Nets salary cap flexibility as Yossi Gozlan tweeted.

The Brooklyn Nets have $17 million in cap space after swapping Cameron Johnson for Michael Porter Jr.

They can get to $25 million by waiving all non-guaranteed players. pic.twitter.com/u89ppMqIDh

— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 30, 2025​

For the Nuggets, the trade gets them under the luxury tax. MPJ has been relatively healthy the last several years after experiencing back issues that required three surgeries that short-circuited his career.

The first rounder while seven years in the future is unprotected and likely to be beyond Nikola Jokic’s prime.

• Nets get Michael Porter Jr. from Nuggets for Cam Johnson in trade shakeup - Brian Lewis - New York Post
• Grading Nets’ Michael Porter Jr., Cam Johnson trade with Nuggets - Erik Slater - Clutch Points
• Nets trade Cam Johnson to Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr., 2032 first-round pick: report - Ben Krimmel - SNY

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/6/30...to-denver-nuggets-for-michael-porter-jr-first

 

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Nets Reacts Survey: How do Nets fans feel about the five picks?

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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Brooklyn Nets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

The Brooklyn Nets took a chance with five players that few probably expected, particularly Egor Demin at No. 8. We aren’t going to act like we know all that goes on behind the scenes, and these are the people who get paid to do it.

Here’s what they landed at the Draft​

• Egor Demin (Russia)
• Nolan Traoré (France)
• Drake Powell (USA)
• Ben Saraf (Israel)
• Danny Wolf (Israeli-American)

Without further ado, we wanted to ask how Nets fans are feeling about Brooklyn’s acquisitions during the 2025 NBA Draft.

This article will be updated with results on Wednesday, July 2 or Thursday, July 3.

Source: https://www.netsdaily.com/2025/7/1/...ey-how-do-nets-fans-feel-about-the-five-picks