Brooklyn Nets: 3 reasons re-signing Joe Harris is a good move

Affordability

There were legitimate concerns that Harris would fall out of Brooklyn’s pay range, but thankfully, he didn’t. The affordability is the same reason I thought it was a good idea to re-sign him, and clearly the Nets agreed with me.

According to Wojnarowski, the deal is for two years and $16 million, equal to $8 million per year. He was signed with Early Bird Rights, per NetsDaily.com:

The Early Bird Exception is a smaller version of the Bird Exception, which allows teams to go over the cap to re-sign players who have been there at least three years. The Early Bird Exception is different because it can be used on players who have only been around for two years, but that also means the deal can only be between two and for years long.

At $8 million per year, the Nets got great value. Harris is worth right around that in this salary cap climate, where so few teams have any money to spend. Getting him for only two years is concerning though, because the summer of 2020 is when those albatross contracts from 2016 come off the books for most teams. This puts Harris in a position to possibly make considerably more money if he continues to produce.

In the meantime, however, this is a solid deal for good value. Shooters are all the rage in the modern NBA, so getting a young one for only seven figures per year is shrewd maneuvering by Nets’ brass.