Nba market, Jordan from Brooklyn to Detroit

Goodbye Brooklyn. DeAndre Jordan was supposed to be the third wheel behind Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving when he signed with the Nets in 2019. He leaves after two seasons full of shadows, dumped in Detroit with whom he will negotiate a divorce that will allow him to get back on the market, probably with destination Lakers (Marc Gasol to say goodbye?), In a trade with which Brooklyn considerably lowers its wages .

the details

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The exchange, anticipated by Espn, foresees that Jordan will end up in Detroit along with 4 future choices on the first round and over 5 million in cash (a sort of mini compensation for what the Pistons will have to pay Jordan for the buyout). In Brooklyn go Jahlil Okafor, long seen at the Olympics with Nigeria, and Sekou Doumbouya, 20 who was 15th choice in the 2019 Draft but who has not yet shown his worth so far. The Nets cut Alize Johnson to complete the trade, but save over $ 47 million in wages and a falling luxury tax account. Jordan, who still has 20 million dollars and two years on the contract, will not wear the Pistons jersey: he will have to negotiate a divorce with them, giving up something in exchange for his freedom.

the whys of brooklyn

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Jordan to the Nets had long since become superfluous. He was already so at the end of his first season, the one with Durant in the pits and Irving in the field only 20 games, he became so further in 2020-21, the first year with Steve Nash, once Nicolas Claxton returned and even more after the arrivals of LaMarcus Aldridge and Blake Griffin. The Nets in this free agency have renewed Griffin, added Paul Millsap: Jordan would not have had space, giving him significantly lowers the accounts. Neither Doumbouya nor Okafor will play a major role in the new season. Unlike Aldridge, who was declared enlisted after being forced to retire in May due to a heart problem, he has chosen to resume his career with the Nets. Brooklyn was a title team before this trade and continues to be, with a very deep roster built around Durant, Irving and James Harden and offering coach Nash level solutions in virtually every role.

the whys of detroit

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For the Pistons, helping Brooklyn get rid of Jordan is a courtesy move, which does not change the perspectives of a team that aims to rebuild around the first overall choice in the Draft, Cade Cunningham, but which gets 4 future choices for the disturbance on the second round. , useful for continuing the restyling. Okafor was superfluous, Doumbouya has become: it was not the current management who chose him with number 15 in the Draft in 2019, and the winger this season has not shown that he has enough talent to be part of the group.