With David Nwaba suffering a ruptured Achilles in Brooklyn’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, the Nets could do one of two things: apply for a hardship exception or a disabled player exception.
The hardship exception would allow the Nets to add a 16th player to the roster after Brooklyn’s game on Saturday against the Houston Rockets. But, it would only be on a temporary basis. Also, both Caris LeVert and Kyrie Irving would have to be sidelined and expected to be out for at least two weeks.
The disabled player exception would allow the Nets to add a player for the remainder of the season, but at a limited cost. As ESPN’s Bobby Marks pointed out, the exception would be worth $839,427.
According to Alex Schiffer of The Athletic, the Nets have been granted the exception, and it will be worth $839,000.
If the Nets were to try to re-sign Iman Shumpert, who was waived when Wilson Chandler came back, he could not return for the exception alone.