Nets losses pile up, on and off the court
Brooklyn Bid for Motiejunas Goes for Naught Before Defeat to Wizards
The Nets lost before they hit the herringbone-designed hardwood floor at Barclays Center on Monday night.
Then, as per usual, they lost again on it as well.
Brooklyn found out earlier in the day that center Donatas Motiejunas, a player they coveted and signed to an offer sheet worth an estimated $36 million over four years, was matched by his current club, the Houston Rockets, making general manager Sean Marks 0-for-3 in trying to snatch players from other squads dating back to this past summer.
Back in July, Marks, the man charged with this massive Downtown rebuilding project, made offers of four years and $75 million and four years and $50 million to Portland’s Allen Crabbe and Miami’s Tyler Johnson, respectively, only to see those bids matched by the players’ clubs.