The Nets have decided to dispense with the services of Alize Johnson, as reported by Adrian Wojnarowski, a journalist from ESPN. According to him, the New Yorkers were satisfied with the performance of the forward, but the excess of players in his position made it difficult to grant him too many minutes and the franchise has preferred to give him the option of looking for a more important role in another team.
Although Johnson signed until 2023, he did so on an unsecured contract, so Brooklyn won’t have to pay him his remaining salary. The player would have managed to guarantee $ 200,000 if he had remained in the squad until the start of the season, but, since this has not been the case, the franchise has ensured that the operation does not have any economic cost.
Alize came to the Nets in March on a 10-day contract, and they were satisfied enough with her performance to keep her on the roster through the multi-year contract they just terminated. In his 18 regular season games, the player averaged 5.2 points and 5 rebounds in just over 10 minutes, and even had the opportunity to play several playoff games, although his presence in these was minimal and almost always limited to minutes. relatively inconsequential.
Before that, the forward went through the Indiana Pacers, who chose him at number 50 in the 2018 draft and with whom he played a total of 31 games in the two seasons he was part of the team. His feelings have remained somewhat better in Brooklyn, where he has had more presence on the court and has been able to perform better, so that he may be able to attract the attention of some other team and win a new contract in the league in the remainder of offseason.
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