Brooklyn Nets Wiretap

Tyson Etienne will be returning to the Brooklyn Nets on a two-way contract. The Nets had tendered Etienne a two-way qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent this offseason.

Etienne saw limited NBA action last season. He averaged 7.9 points in 21.6 minutes over seven games with Brooklyn.

In 48 G League games, the 6-foot-2 guard averaged 17.2 points on 42% shooting on seven three-point attempts per game. Etienne also grabbed 3.1 rebounds, handed out 3.5 assists and snagged 1.4 steals per game.

The Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets are working to involve a league-record seven teams in the Kevin Durant trade, sources told Fred Katz of The Athletic.

The Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves would also get involved in the deal.

The details of the trade are currently being negotiated, with no deal imminent.

The framework involves the Hawks sending Clint Capela to the Rockets in a sign-and-trade. With Durant still headed to Houston, Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green would go to the Suns. Daeqwon Plowden is the only other active NBA player involved in the deal.

The rest of the players are from draft-night trades that were already agreed upon, which cannot be finalized until July 6.

Jake Fischer of The People's Insider adds that a six-team trade was being discussed during the second round of last week's draft. The Hawks adding Capela to the mix in a sign-and-trade would make it seven teams. 

Trendon Watford and the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a two-year, $5.3 million deal. 

Watford averaged 10.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 21.2 minutes across 43 games with the Brooklyn Nets last season. Watford went undrafted out of LSU in 2021.

The Sixers are unlikely to retain Guerschon Yabusele this offseason and Watford will help replace him in their rotation.

The Denver Nuggets have agreed to trade Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Cam Johnson.

Porter and Johnson were each in trade rumors throughout the 2024-25 season. 

Porter is signed through the 2026-27 season on his five-year, $179 million extension. Johnson is also signed through 2026-27 on a significantly lower cap number of $23 million next season compared to $38.3 million for Porter. Johnson signed a four-year, $94.5 million deal with the Nets in 2023.

With the trade, the Nuggets will create the ability to use most of their $14.1 million non-taxpayer midlevel exception. The move represents the first major transaction by Denver's new front office of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace, who replaced Calvin Booth.  

Day'Ron Sharpe and the Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract. Sharpe, who is represented by Aaron Reilly, was the 29th overall pick in the 2021 draft out of North Carolina. Sharpe was set to be an unrestricted free agent after the Nets declined to tender him a qualifying offer.

In 50 games last season, Sharpe averaged 7.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18.1 minutes.

Ziaire Williams and the Brooklyn Nets have agreed upon a two-year, $12 million deal. The Nets will hold a team option for Year 2 of the deal ahead of the 2026-27 season. Williams, who is represented by Aaron Mintz, averaged 10.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists and a PER of 11.8 last season.

The Nets declined to extend Williams a qualifying offer, which would have made him an unrestricted free agent had he reached the open market.

Williams was the 10th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies out of Stanford in 2021.

Bojan Bogdanovic has announced his retirement from the NBA after 10 seasons in the league. 

"Sometimes in life, you don't choose the moment. The moment chooses you," the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post. "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."

Bogdanovic spent the first 55 games of the 2016-17 season with the Nets then finished the campaign with the Washington Wizards after a trade-deadline deal. He also played for the Indiana Pacers (2017-19), Utah Jazz (2019-22), Detroit Pistons (2022-24) and New York Knicks (2024).

He missed the 2024-25 season because of the foot injury.

The Brooklyn Nets have tendered Cam Thomas his one-year, $5.99 million qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent. Thomas is represented by Alex Saratsis and was the 27th overall pick in the 2021 draft out of LSU.

Thomas averaged 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 31.2 minutes across 25 games last season for the Nets. Thomas dealt with hamstring injuries last season.

The Nets have the most cap space in the NBA.

The Brooklyn Nets have declined to tender Day'Ron Sharpe his one-year, $5.98 million qualifying offer which will make him an unrestricted free agent. Sharpe, who is represented by Aaron Reilly, was the 29th overall pick in the 2021 draft out of North Carolina.

The Nets, however, have interest in re-signing Sharpe using cap space. 

In 50 games last season, Sharpe averaged 7.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18.1 minutes.

Ziaire Williams will be an unrestricted free agent after the Brooklyn Nets decided not to tender him a one-year, $8.35 million qualifying offer. The Nets, however, have interest in retaining Williams as they will likely have enough cap space to sign him outright.

Williams, who is represented by Aaron Mintz, averaged 10.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists and a PER of 11.8 last season.

Williams was the 10th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies out of Stanford in 2021.