Breaking down the members of the Brooklyn Nets headed for free agency this summer, as well as those with player and team options for the 2022-23 season.
As the NBA regular season reached its stretch run, the Brooklyn Nets were a popular pick to win their first-ever championship. Now that their first-round playoff series with the Boston Celtics has wrapped, Steve Nash and Co. unfortunately find themselves starting their summer vacation early. So ends a season unlike any other — one that saw the kind of superstar roster turnover rarely seen in the Association.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at this summer’s imminent Nets free agents, plus the members of the team with player and team options coming up.
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2022 Brooklyn Nets Free Agents
All dollar figures via Spotrac. Restricted free agent status designates that a player’s current team reserves the right to match any rival team’s contract offer sheet in order to prevent that player’s departure.
1. PF LaMarcus Aldridge (unrestricted)
- Age: 36
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $2,641,691
- 2021-22 salary: $2,641,691
2. SG Bruce Brown (unrestricted)
- Age: 25
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $4,736,102
- 2021-22 salary: $4,736,102
3. PF/C Nic Claxton (restricted)
- Age: 23
- Expiring contract: 3 years, $4,198,912
- 2021-22 salary: $1,782,621
4. PG/SG Goran Dragić (unrestricted)
- Age: 36
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $728,742
- 2021-22 salary: $19,348,907
- NOTE: Before signing with the Nets on the buyout market, Dragić earned $12,848,276 from the Raptors and $5,771,889 from the Spurs.
5. C Andre Drummond (unrestricted)
- Age: 28
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $2,401,537
- 2021-22 salary: $2,401,537
6. SG David Duke Jr. (restricted –two-way contract)
- Age: 22
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $462,629 (via HoopsHype)
- 2021-22 salary: $462,629
7. PF Blake Griffin (unrestricted)
- Age: 33
- Expiring contract: 1 year, $2,641,691
- 2021-22 salary: $2,641,691
Nets Contract Options for 2022-23
1. PG Kyrie Irving (player option)
- Active contract: 4 years, $136,490,600
- 2021-22 salary: $35,328,700
- 2022-23 option: $36,934,550
2. PG Patty Mills (player option)
- Active contract: 2 years, $12,074,500
- 2021-22 salary: $5,890,000
- 2022-23 option: $6,184,500
Brooklyn Nets 2022 Salary Cap Numbers
All dollar figures and cap estimates via Spotrac as of April 25. Reflects a “soft” salary cap of $112.414 million, a luxury tax threshold of $136.606 million, and a $143.002 million luxury tax apron for hard-capped teams.
- Active contracts: $157,843,675
- Dead cap money: $11,438,379
- Total salary cap usage: $172,820,410
- Estimated 2021-22 luxury tax bill: $97,731,568
- Salary on the books for 2022-23: $186,447,119
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