Brooklyn Nets Salary Archive – 2014/15

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Name 2014-15
Joe Johnson $23,180,790
Deron Williams $19,754,465
Brook Lopez $15,719,062
Thaddeus Young $9,660,869
Jarrett Jack $6,300,000
Sergey Karasev $1,533,840
Mirza Teletovic $3,368,100
Bojan Bogdanovic $,3,278,000
Mason Plumlee $1,357,080
Alan Anderson $1,276,061
Jerome Jordan $816,482
Darius Morris $702,756
Markel Brown $507,336
Cory Jefferson $507,336
Brandon Davies (waived) $350,607
Earl Clark $62,552
Earl Clark (expired 10-day) $53,838
Total $88,429,174

Quick: Over the cap and tax.

Exceptions

  • Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception: $0 (used on Bojan Bogdanovic)
  • Trade Exception (Marquis Teague, expiring 10/24/15) — $1,120,920
  • Trade Exception (Andrei Kirilenko, expiring 12/11/15) — $3,326,235
  • Trade Exception (Jorge Gutierrez, expiring 12/11/15) — $816,482
  • Trade Exception (Kevin Garnett, expiring 2/19/16) — $2,339,131

Roster Count:  15 guaranteed

Depth Chart*:
PG: Deron Williams, Jarrett Jack, Darius Morris
SG: Markel Brown, Alan Anderson, Sergey Karasev (injured)
SF: Joe Johnson, Bojan Bogdanovic
PF: Thaddeus Young, Earl Clark, Cory Jefferson, Mirza Teletovic (injured)
C: Brook Lopez, Mason Plumlee, Jerome Jordan

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Head Coach: Lionel Hollins (four-year deal starting 2014/15 season, final year team option, up to $20 million total)

Basketball Executives:

  • Billy King — General Manager
  • Bobby Marks — Assistant General Manager
  • Frank Zanin — Assistant General Manager
  • Gregg Polinsky — Director of Player Personnel

Pick Swaps

  • 2015 — Atlanta Hawks have right to swap first-rounders (Joe Johnson).
  • 2016 — Owe first-rounder to the Boston Celtics (Kevin Garnett)
  • 2016 — Los Angeles Clippers have rights to swap second-rounders (if Clippers’ pick in top-55, Reggie Evans).  Clippers may send pick to Milwaukee Bucks.
  • 2017 — Boston Celtics have the right to swap first-rounders (Kevin Garnett).
  • 2017 — Owed second-rounder (46-60 range) from Boston Celtics, only if Boston swaps first-rounders (Kevin Garnett).
  • 2017 — Owe second-rounder to Atlanta Hawks (Joe Johnson).
  • 2018 — Owe first-rounder to the Boston Celtics (Kevin Garnett).
  • 2018 — Philadelphia 76ers have right to swap Cleveland Cavaliers’ second-rounder with Nets’ second-rounder.
  • 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Milwaukee Bucks (or Sacramento Kings, whichever is the higher pick; Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Jason Kidd, Marquis Teague)
  • 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Andrei Kirilenko).

Acquisitions

  • 6/23/14 — Andrei Kirilenko opted into the final year on his contract.
  • 6/26/14 — Acquired the rights to Markel Brown (2014-44th) from the Minnesota Timberwolves for cash.
  • 6/26/14 — Acquired the rights to Xavier Thames (2014-59th) from the Toronto Raptors for cash.
  • 6/26/14 — Acquired the rights to Cory Jefferson (2014-60th) from the San Antonio Spurs for cash.
  • 6/30/14 — Acquired two second-rounders (2015, 2019) from the Milwaukee Bucks in compensation for Jason Kidd.
  • 7/10/14 — Traded Marcus Thornton and the rights to Ilkan Karaman and Edin Bavcic to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev.
  • 7/15/14 — Signed Alan Anderson to a two-year, $2.6 million contract (player option on second season).
  • 7/22/14 — Signed Bojan Bogdanovic to a three-year, $10.3 million contract.
  • 7/23/14 — Signed Markel Brown to a two-year, $1.4 million partially-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 7/23/14 — Signed Cory Jefferson to a two-year, $1.4 million partially-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 9/11/14 — Signed Jerome Jordan to a one-year, $816k non/partially-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 9/17/14 — Signed Hamady Ndiaye to a one-year, $948k non/partially-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 9/19/14 — Contract of Hamady Ndiaye voided (failed physical).
  • 9/25/14 — Invited Willie Reed to training camp on a $915k non-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 10/24/14 — Traded Marquis Teague and 2019 second-rounder to the Philadelphia 76ers for Casper Ware.
  • 10/24/14 — Picked up Sergey Karasev’s third-year option.
  • 10/24/14 — Picked up Mason Plumlee’s third-year option.
  • 12/11/14 — Traded Andrei Kirilenko, Jorge Gutierrez, a 2020 second-rounder, the right to swap 2018 second-rounders and $1 million to Philadelphia 76ers for Brandon Davies.
  • 12/11/14 — Signed Darius Morris to a two-year, $1.7 million non-guaranteed minimum contract.
  • 2/19/15 — Traded Kevin Garnett to Minnesota Timberwolves for Thaddeus Young.
  • 3/27/15 — Signed Earl Clark to a $62.6k, 10-day contract.
  • 4/6/15 — Signed Earl Clark to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.2 million minimum contract.

Waived Players: Willie Reed, Casper Ware, Brandon Davies

Free Agents

  • Early Bird: Andray Blatche (playing in China)
  • Non-Bird: Jason Collins (retired), Jerry Stackhouse (retired)*

* Cannot be used in a sign and trade because they were not active players in the NBA last season.

Unsigned Draft Picks:

  • First-rounders: None
  • Second-rounders: Xavier Thames (2014-59th), Christian Drejer (2004-51st)

Cash Paid ($3.3 million max): $1 million (Philadelphia 76ers, Andrei Kirilenko), $880k (Charlotte Hornets, Juan Pablo Vaulet)

Cash Received ($3.3 million max): $0

Amnesty:  Travis Outlaw – 2014-15 $4 million.

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(Updated on 7/5/15)

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