When the Nets signed Alize Johnson on Sunday, details were limited. All the Nets said was that the 6’8” swingman had signed a “multi-year” deal. Others noted the deal would be worth $4.1 million starting with the end of this season.
Then, Monday, both ESPN’s Bobby Marks and Hoopshype’s Yossi Gozlan added details, believing the deal had to be for three years, nearly $400,000 for the rest of this season, then an amount roughly equal to the vets minimum in 2021-22 and 2022-23. In doing so, the Nets dipped into their Taxpayers MLE to make it work.
Brooklyn had the flexibility to sign Johnson to a contract up to 3 seasons because they still had a portion of their tax midlevel exception available.