The Nets signed free-agent small ahead T.J. Warren to a one-year deal. It was a wedding of a staff in want of cut price expertise and a participant in want of a recent begin.
The information was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by The Publish.
Whereas the Nets have been decimated by Kyrie Irving’s unavailability final season, Warren has solely performed 4 video games over the previous two years because of consecutive stress fractures in his left foot. However the 28-year-old is a low-risk flier, one who can repay big for Brooklyn if he returns to type.
It’s unclear if Warren was on a veteran minimal (which appears seemingly), or took up a part of Brooklyn’s taxpayer Mid-Stage Exception.
Warren – who was additionally reportedly being focused by the Lakers – hasn’t appeared in an NBA sport since December 2020, however he has appreciable upside and was a stable starter on a playoff staff earlier than suffered a stress fracture within the navicular bone of his left foot.
He averaged 19.8 factors per sport in 2019-20 whereas capturing 53.6 % total and 40.3 % from behind the 3-point arc. And he was among the best gamers within the Orlando Bubble, averaging 26.6 factors in his 10 video games.
Warren averaged 31 factors in six seeding video games, together with a 53-point eruption.
One in all Brooklyn’s largest wants – even earlier than Kevin Durant requested a commerce and Irving’s departure grew to become a forgone conclusion – was dimension on the perimeter. Lack of confirmed dimension on the wing led to the since-departed 6-foot-4 Bruce Brown being pressured to begin at small ahead, and Irving, Seth Curry and Patty Mills having to log vital minutes in opposition to a far greater Boston staff in a first-round sweep.
If match, Warren will assist that. He’s a flexible 6-foot-8 scorer who has at all times been robust attacking the rim, however has developed his outdoors shot as time has gone on. He shot 42.8 % and 40.3 % from deep in his final two full seasons earlier than his damage.
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