Donatas Motiejunas will be either a Houston Rocket or a Brooklyn Net by 11:59 p.m. tonight.
After a months long saga the Nets are the likely destiny for the Lithuanian seven footer. The story of attempting to trade Motiejunas and then attempting to leverage his restricted free agency, recent back injury and a weak market into a value contract seem to signal the Rockets lack of interest.
The deal is a huge relief to Motiejunas who declined a one year offer from the Rockets to seek the more lucrative long-term deal he ultimately landed. At four years and $37 million the deal, with several contingencies, it is a fair offer for the continually developing role player in the new NBA marketplace.