The Brooklyn Nets have abandoned Keon Johnson, Brian Lewis Of the New York Post reported on X on Wednesday. This step came months after the nets have collected his $ 2.34 million team option for the coming season 2025-26.
Keon Johnson was guaranteed to have money for 2025-26
Per PlaceJohnson’s $ 2.34 million salary was only guaranteed for $ 271,614. It would be guaranteed for $ 760,520 if he had been to the team’s opening night schedule.
Johnson appeared last season in 79 games (56 Starts) with Brooklyn, average career heights of 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.0 steals and 24.4 minutes per match.
However, the 6-foot-5 guard was expected to see less playing time this season after a limited free agent Cam Thomas had signed his qualifying offer and the Nets Different Rookies set up in the first round of this year’s design.
By refraining from Johnson, the Nets now have 21 players in their training camp schedule. Brooklyn has also signed 15 players for contracts guaranteed.
Nets Awind Kobe Bufkin van Hawks
Moreover, this week, Brooklyn acquired shooting guard Kobe Bufkin from the Atlanta Hawks. Allegedly the nets sent $ 110,000 in cash to the Hawks in that trade deal, per Michael Scotto van Hoopshype.
Bufkin is planned to earn $ 5.4 million this season and has a team option of $ 6.9 million for 2026-27, per Place. This is part of the four-year contract of $ 19.8 million on Rookie scale that he signed with Atlanta in July 2023.
Brooklyn has until 31 October to make a decision about the team option of Bufkin.
The Hawks selected Bufkin with the 15th overall choice in the NBA design of 2023. Bufkin, which turns 22 on Sunday, appeared in just 27 games with Atlanta in the past two seasons.
Johnson to enter the fifth NBA season
Johnson, 23, was generally selected 21st by the New York Knicks in the 2021 design from the University of Tennessee and was then traded on the Los Angeles Clippers.
He appeared in just 15 games with the clippers before the team had applied him to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Handelsdeadline of February 2022.
In September 2023, Portland Johnson exchanged to the Phoenix Suns as part of a deal with three teams involved in Damian Lillard. The Suns, however, abandoned him at the end of October.
Johnson then joined the Nets in November on a two -way contract. After having made five performances in 2023-24, Brooklyn reached an agreement with him on a two-year standard NBA contract in July 2024.
In 161 career NBA NBA matches in the regular season (68 Starts), Johnson has an average of 8.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 19.2 minutes per competition during the shooting of 37.9% from the field and 32.4% from 3-point area.
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