>The Nets re-signed Claxton last summer to a two-year, $17.25 million deal plus incentives (which he was able to meet to the tune of $850,000.) With his breakout campaign coming right after, it quickly became one of the league’s top bargains, right alongside eventual teammate Mikal Bridges who’s currently attached to a four-year, $90 million tender. > >“The Nets re-signed Nic Claxton to an amazing value deal,” Yossi Gozlan, the Hoopshype capologist, tells NetsDaily. “It may have seemed like a lot for him at the time given his overall lack of playing time and production in his early years but he already exceeded its value.” > >So good of a deal, Gozlan notes, that in retrospect, the Nets might be having second thoughts about not extending the contract out another year! > >“Unfortunately they’re probably regretting not being able to work in an additional year,” he added. “That’s not just because it would be good to have him at $9 million again, but because they can’t extend him on his current deal. The Nets will have to risk Claxton going into free agency in 2024 and testing the market for a bigger deal.”….. > > > >The Nets don’t have to worry about Bridges for some time. His deal extends until the summer of 2026. With his new deal, Cam Johnson won’t be a free agent again till 2027. Even Ben Simmons, if and when healthy, has two more years under contract. The same cannot be said for Claxton, who becomes an unrestricted free agent this time next year. (And as Gozlan notes, the Nets can’t extend him before then.) > >His expiring deal couldn’t have come at a better time for him, as the new CBA would allow him to earn 140% of his prior contract — a 20% increase from the old CBA. > >If Claxton and the Nets fail to agree on a new deal before free agency 2024, he’ll enter the unrestricted free agency party. In that mad house, opposing teams can negotiate and sign him whenever they please, unlike last summer where the Nets were given a chance to match any offer for their defensive dynamo. > >Of course barring any regression or serious injury, the Nets front office should consider it a win if they strike a deal with him anywhere in the $20-to-$24 million window. Doing so could make Claxton the team’s third highest player on average, behind Simmons and Johnson as well as its highest paid big man since Lopez. > > > >There’s certainly arguments to be made to get that number down, but the market will rule. Shooting seems to be more and more of a requirement for centers these days rather than a bonus attribute. Despite that off-season video, it’s a mountain Claxton has yet to climb. > > > >However, with the Nets marrying themselves to the switch on defense over the past few years and Claxton being by many estimations the best switching big man in the league, his importance to the team cannot be overstated. For that reason above all, expect him to reach that number — and deem it well deserved.
Trayswisher_
Sometimes I forget how good of a contract Claxton is on
Kwilly462
We cannot let Clax walk for nothing. It’s just not something we can afford to do. Overpay him if u gotta.
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>The Nets re-signed Claxton last summer to a two-year, $17.25 million deal plus incentives (which he was able to meet to the tune of $850,000.) With his breakout campaign coming right after, it quickly became one of the league’s top bargains, right alongside eventual teammate Mikal Bridges who’s currently attached to a four-year, $90 million tender.
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>“The Nets re-signed Nic Claxton to an amazing value deal,” Yossi Gozlan, the Hoopshype capologist, tells NetsDaily. “It may have seemed like a lot for him at the time given his overall lack of playing time and production in his early years but he already exceeded its value.”
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>So good of a deal, Gozlan notes, that in retrospect, the Nets might be having second thoughts about not extending the contract out another year!
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>“Unfortunately they’re probably regretting not being able to work in an additional year,” he added. “That’s not just because it would be good to have him at $9 million again, but because they can’t extend him on his current deal. The Nets will have to risk Claxton going into free agency in 2024 and testing the market for a bigger deal.”…..
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>The Nets don’t have to worry about Bridges for some time. His deal extends until the summer of 2026. With his new deal, Cam Johnson won’t be a free agent again till 2027. Even Ben Simmons, if and when healthy, has two more years under contract. The same cannot be said for Claxton, who becomes an unrestricted free agent this time next year. (And as Gozlan notes, the Nets can’t extend him before then.)
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>His expiring deal couldn’t have come at a better time for him, as the new CBA would allow him to earn 140% of his prior contract — a 20% increase from the old CBA.
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>If Claxton and the Nets fail to agree on a new deal before free agency 2024, he’ll enter the unrestricted free agency party. In that mad house, opposing teams can negotiate and sign him whenever they please, unlike last summer where the Nets were given a chance to match any offer for their defensive dynamo.
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>Of course barring any regression or serious injury, the Nets front office should consider it a win if they strike a deal with him anywhere in the $20-to-$24 million window. Doing so could make Claxton the team’s third highest player on average, behind Simmons and Johnson as well as its highest paid big man since Lopez.
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>There’s certainly arguments to be made to get that number down, but the market will rule. Shooting seems to be more and more of a requirement for centers these days rather than a bonus attribute. Despite that off-season video, it’s a mountain Claxton has yet to climb.
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>However, with the Nets marrying themselves to the switch on defense over the past few years and Claxton being by many estimations the best switching big man in the league, his importance to the team cannot be overstated. For that reason above all, expect him to reach that number — and deem it well deserved.
Sometimes I forget how good of a contract Claxton is on
We cannot let Clax walk for nothing. It’s just not something we can afford to do. Overpay him if u gotta.
He’s gonna get at a minimum what cam got.