Report: Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving take less than max to give Nets money for DeAndre Jordan
The Brooklyn Nets were already one of the big winners of NBA free agency with the reported additions of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Then the team added another star.
Veteran center DeAndre Jordan will join the Nets in free agency, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Brooklyn is making a clean sweep tonight: Brooklyn will sign Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019
The deal is reportedly worth four years, $40 million. Interestingly enough, Durant and Irving also seem to have taken less than the max to ensure the Nets could accommodate Jordan.
Brooklyn can add $5.7M (KD) and $4.9M (Kyrie) of unlikely but possible bonuses (reaching round 2 and 45 wins) in each contract. How Brooklyn times each contract would allow DeAndre Jordan to sign for a $10M per year contract. BKN would not have to make any trades to the roster. https://t.co/Z01aSmjjMh
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 1, 2019
Jordan just finished up a season split between the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks in which he averaged 11.0 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game. He’ll figure to give the Nets another imposing presence in the paint alongside Jarrett Allen.
In addition to Jordan, shooting guard Garrett Temple will head to Brooklyn.
Free agent guard Garrett Temple is expected to sign a two-year, $10 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets, a source told ESPN's The Undefeated. Team option second year.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) June 30, 2019
Temple averaged 7.8 points per game with the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers last year.
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