Dwight Howard is on the move yet again.
Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2018
The deal will save the Nets nearly $17 million, as Dwight is on a $23.8 million expiring contract.
This is a big move for the Nets if they can get some big names to come-in and play for them because the deal allows them to open up two max-player salary slots.
The Nets are still feeling the effects of trading their Number 1 overall picks for 3 straight years to Boston for an aging KG and a way over-the-hill Paul Pierce.
In fact, the Cavs are using the Nets’ Number 8 pick they lost in that Boston deal tomorrow and the Cavs made the NBA Finals.
The Nets hope this deal can get them back on the right path to success.
As for Michael Jordan, and the artists formally known as the Charlotte Bobcats, they have the 11th Pick in tomorrow’s draft.
Before this morning, all signs were pointing towards the Hornets selecting a SG, like a Kevin Knox or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (both stand-outs from U.K.).
However now, the Hornets might be looking to go big, possibly bringing in a Center like Robert Williams out of Texas A&M.
Still, no one could have possibly predicted Dwight’s career path would turn into what it is today. Flip the pages to see some of the funniest reactions on Twitter after Woj broke news of the trade.