Despite being deep into the luxury tax, the Brooklyn Nets enter the offseason as the rare title favorite with still a decent amount of flexibility to improve. Sean Marks, as always, will be strategic about improving this roster and not let emotions impact his decision making. As Marks said during today’s season ending presser, “Inevitably, there’s going to be change here.”
Marks later added, “I’ll be honest, I’m excited about where this can go.”
Brooklyn has some options to tweak the team this summer. Here’s the rundown.
2021-2022 Salary Situation
Guaranteed Salaries: $154,585,644
Non-Guaranteed Salaries: $1,762,796
Total Salary: $156,348,440
Luxury Tax Space: $19,742,440 over the tax ($44,162,933 payment)
Exceptions: Taxpayer Mid-Level (Mini-MLE): $5,890,000
Free Agents
Spencer Dinwiddie (Projection: multi-year deal in the $17M to $20M annual range).