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Summary
Green had transitioned to being a small-ball four in recent years, and his role went even further playing as a small-ball five for Houston and Brooklyn in the past two seasons. Green gave the Nets some versatility in their closing lineup options, as Green can certainly hold his own at center, unless the opposing team has a dominant post big like Nikola Jokic or Joel Embiid.

Green shot 42% from three this season, a career high. He's still an effective transition player, and despite being 35 years old this summer, he still seems to have some athleticism. Although I think Green is worth slightly above the minimum, he has signed for the minimum for the last few seasons, and the Nets will certainly hope to get him to return for the minimum.
 
Cap Considerations
Green will be an unrestricted free agent with a $1.7 million cap hold and Non-Bird Rights. This means that the highest starting salary the Nets could offer him using the Non-Bird Exception is $3.2 million. This should be enough to retain Green, since he settled for the minimum of $2.6 million to come to Brooklyn. Alternatively, the Nets could use their Mid-Level Exception to re-sign Green if he demands more than $3.2 million.

Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Green as even teams without cap space could possibly use any of the Non-Taxpayer MLE, Taxpayer MLE, or possibly even the Room MLE or Bi-Annual Exception to sign him. There's also a chance that he could be had for the minimum.

Potential Teams: Nets, Clippers, 76ers, Pelicans, Bucks

Predicted Contract: 1-year, $2.6 million ($1.7 million cap hit) with the Nets

Actual Contract: 2-year, $9 million (player option) with the Nuggets

I thought Green would have offers in this range, but would turn those down to return to Brooklyn. Instead Green signed with Denver on a two-year $9 million contract with a player option and some unlikely bonuses that could push the total contract to $10 million. 

Last updated: 8/17/2021

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