LAS VEGAS -- The Nets went 0-for-2 on the restricted free-agent market Sunday, as the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat matched Brooklyn's four-year offer sheets on 24-year-old guards Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson, which totaled $125 million.
Now, it's back to the drawing board for Nets general manager Sean Marks and the rest of his front office staff, who worked hard in putting together deals they didn't think Portland and Miami would match.
Rebuilding Brooklyn put several stipulations in those deals -- including poison-pill provisions, trade kickers and player options -- in order to deter Portland and Miami from matching, but they did so anyway.