On February 22, Beijing time, Dragic has made a decision, according to the famous shams report, free agent Dragic will join the Nets, the former All-Star Dragic reunited with the former Suns star and the current Nets head coach Steve Nash, Dragic and the Nets signed until the end of the season, he has the opportunity to play an important role in the Nets' backcourt.
Previously, Dragic was bought out by the Spurs to become a free agent, giving up about $820,000 in salary; so far this season, Dragic has played five games for the Raptors, averaging 8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18 minutes per game.
The 35-year-old Dragic decided to join the Nets, according to previous reports, Nets coach Nash personally recruited Dragic, who had previously played as a substitute for Nash at the Suns and played 190 games for Nash's bench, and he was the same person as Nash's agent.
This means that the Lakers, Warriors, Clippers, Bucks and Bulls and other teams failed to grab people, especially the Lakers, did not reach any deal on the trade deadline, originally wanted to add reinforcements in the buyout market, and as a result, the Lakers all joined other teams, such as TT joining the Bulls, Dragic signed the Nets.
In order to sign Dragic, the Nets will cut Jevon Carter to make room for Dragic, who will sign the team; this season, Jevon Carter has played 46 games for the Nets, averaging 3.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game;
The Nets will have $3.65 million in dead money for cutting Javin Carter this season, and $3.925 million next season (dead money refers to the part that must be paid and cannot be traded after buying out or laying off players).
Nets reporters posted the Nets' all-new 15-man roster — Durant, Irving, Simmons, Seth Curry, Drummond, Dragic, Mills, Thomas, Griffin, Ader, Brown Jr., Joe Harris, James Johnson, Clarkston and Sharp — and the Nets are currently eighth in the East with 31 wins and 28 losses.