The Nets are keeping the band together... sort of.
Brooklyn got to business within the first hour of free agency, bringing two holdovers from the 2021-22 season back on brand new two-year contracts.
Up first was Patty Mills, who recently turned down his $6.2 million player option earlier in the week. It was presumed by some that Mills was set to test the market and find a new home, but those worries were quickly shot down when the Nets elected to retain him on a two-year, $14.5 million deal.
Mills is, of course, one of the preeminent sharpshooters the league and spaced the floor with 40 percent accuracy last season, a boon for a Nets team potentially led by the playmaking skillset of Ben Simmons as the lead option.