Blake Griffin will be free to sign with the Nets or another interested NBA team after agreeing to buy a contract with the Detroit Pistons.
Networks are believed to be [the] leaders ”to add Griffin, Shams Charania, of Athletic, tweeted: adding “rival teams with interest expect Griffin to choose [Brooklyn] as the title favorite for the chance to win a championship ”.
The Lakers, Heat, Warriors and Clippers – their old team – they are of those who have also expressed interest, according to the New York Times.
Griffin, 31, has not played since Feb. 12, while the Pistons tried to change him before March 25, but found no player due to the remainder of his $ 36.6 million salary for that. season and the $ 39 million he earned. due for 2021-22.
The Nets have won 10 of their last 11 games to enter the All Star break with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference (24-13), halfway through Philadelphia.
Kevin Durant has missed the last nine games with a hamstring injury and Steve Nash has mostly employed a smaller lineup with 6-4 Bruce Brown playing forward.
During Sunday’s All-Star Game will be held, but the Nets will still be represented by guards Kyrie Irving and James Harden.
This season, Griffin averages 12.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in his career. The Clippers moved him to Detroit in 2018, during the first season of a five-year extension worth $ 171 million.