While we are still waiting to see how the Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant files will unblock, the Nets continue their summer recruitment. This Tuesday, we learn that the Brooklyn franchise has decided to try the bet TJ Warren, who thus leaves Indiana after almost two white seasons.
His name circulated in particular on the side of Miami, but it is finally with the Nets that winger TJ Warren will try to revive. Indeed, as indicated by Shams Charania of The Athletic, the former Pacer has decided to commit for a year with the New York franchise. The amount of the contract? It has not been revealed but we are probably well below the 11.7 million that Warren received for the year on his old contract with the Pacers. Because when you come out of two seasons with only… four games played in all, obviously you are not really in a favorable position to negotiate. As a reminder, TJ Warren chained the glitches to his left foot, he who had suffered a stress fracture requiring an operation at the end of December 2020. Since then, we have not seen him on the NBA floors and the last real memories what we have of him are those of the bubble where Warren had done some crazy things. His 53-point card against the Sixers is still in our minds, and we remind you that he had been named in the All-Bubble NBA First Team (yes yes it did exist) with very nice names like James Harden, Damian Lillard, Luka Doncic and Devin Booker.
Does this version of TJ Warren still exist today? Or at least the pre-bubble version, already solid with several seasons averaging nearly 20 points with very clean percentages (50% shooting, 40% 3-pointers, 80% free throws) and some defensive progress interesting. We will have the answer this season in Brooklyn, provided of course that his sores on the foot leave him alone and that he can finally play like two games in a row. By signing a one-year contract, Warren will return to the Free Agency market in 2023 and therefore finds himself facing a pivotal season for the rest of his career. His goal is to show that at 28, he remains a solid NBA player who still has many good years ahead of him, all with a view to again winning a longer-term contract more appropriate. with his skill. And with the expected departures of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the offseason, TJ should have plenty of opportunities to shine in Brooklyn.
TJ Warren is coming out of two exhausting years and thinks of only one thing today: playing basketball again to remind those who have forgotten that he remains a pure player when he is in good health. We know that foot fractures are never very reassuring, but the former Pacer wants to take advantage of his new start at the Nets to really leave this painful episode behind him.
Source texte : The Athletic
Free agent TJ Warren has agreed to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 5, 2022