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Now that the 2023 NBA Draft is over and done with, the Brooklyn Nets have made their first big move in free-agency.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Nets are trading sharpshooter Joe Harris and two second-round picks to the Detroit Pistons. Essentially, Brooklyn clears Harris’ salary off of the books. He was owed a little over $19 million for 2023-24, and, per Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype, the deal generates a trade exception of $19.9 million and allows the Nets to use the $12.4 mid-level exception to re-sign restricted free-agent Cam Johnson.
Harris, 31, has been in the NBA for the past nine seasons and he spent the last seven of those years with Brooklyn. Harris had some of his best years with the Nets as he had two seasons where he led the league in three-point percentage (47.4% in 2018-29 and 47.5% in 2020-21). The former Virginia Cavalier came into the league as the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft and ends his Nets tenure as the franchise leader in three-pointers made (984).
Clarify: The Nets are trading Joe Harris AND two second-round picks to the Pistons, per sources.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2023
The Brooklyn Nets generate a ton of flexibility toward re-signing Cameron Johnson.
By offloading Joe Harris, the Nets can now re-sign Johnson while opening up the $12.4M mid-level exception.
They also generate a $19.9M trade exception. https://t.co/SWwV0qQYZH
— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 30, 2023
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