Deadlines and Commitments - Free agency opening edition
Things have been wild the last three weeks, with the sale of a minority stake, a 180 degree turn in the team’s strategy and the huge Knicks and Rockets trades. The Draft is over, free agency officially begins Saturday but a lot of the news has already been leaked, certainly in the case of the Brooklyn Nets. Next week, the Summer League gets underway and Jordi Fernandez will lead his Team Canada against Team USA in an exhibition game. The WNBA All-Star Game will take place in July just before the Paris Olympics.
At the moment, the Nets have three roster openings. Expect the team to fill those final spots in the next week or two. Same with two of three two-way positions.
So, with so much going on this week and this month, we started to take another look at the schedule of events, deadlines, etc.
—July 5: Jordi Fernandez and Team Canada arrive in Las Vegas from Toronto for training camp and exhibition game vs. Team USA
—July 6: NBA Teams may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET) and finalizing trades. including the Nets trade with the Knicks. Expect a cavalcade to deals to be revealed.
+ The remainder of the Joe Harris trade exception — $11.9 million — expires
+ Ben Simmons is eligible for an extension. No, that’s not going to happen.
+ First “friendly” — exhibition -- game of Olympic season for Nets or Liberty players: Germany, led by Dennis Schroder, plays France in Cologne, Germany
—July 8: The Patty Mills exception — $6.8 million — expires.
—July 10: Team USA vs. Team Canada. Thomas & Mack Center. Game begins at 10:30 p.m. ET. The exhibition will air on FS1.
—July 12-22: Las Vegas Summer League. With Jordi Fernandez coaching Team Canada, his lead assistant Steve Hetzel will handle the chores in Las Vegas. The two of them will be together in Vegas for several days before Team Canada departs for France. Games will air on ESPN and NBA TV. Nets open vs. Pacers at
—July 19: Team Canada plays Team France in a friendly game Orleans, France. Last test for Jordi Fernandez team before Olympics. Same day. Team Germany with Dennis Schroder has in face-off vs Japan in Berlin.
—July 20: WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix. Will Sabrina Ionescu defend her record-breaking win in the 3-point shootout? Will Caitlin Clark be the big challenger? ABC has the game.
—July 21 - August 14: WNBA Olympic Break. Two Liberty players, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu have been selected for the Team USA. It will be Stewart’s third Olympic bid, Ionescu’s first. Two roster players who are on the roster but aren’t with the team this year, Marine Johaness and Han Xu, will compete for France and China while Nyara Sabally and Leonie Fiebich are expected to play for Germany. Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello will coach the Opals, Australia’s women’s team.
—-July 22: Team USA vs. Team Germany in “friendly” in London.
—July 26-August 11: Paris Olympics. Jordi Fernandez is back to coach Team Canada, but otherwise, the Nets will have limited representation in the City of Light compared to four years ago, when they had the Olympics MVP in Kevin Durant. Dennis Schroder will be Germany’s captain. Two draft stashes, Nikola Milutinov and Vanja Marinkovic, will play for Serbia and the Nets director of development, Both Serbia is a medal contenders. NBC has exclusive rights once again.
—Early August: NBA schedule is released. The Nets opening night opponents will be revealed as will the format for this year’s in-season tournament, etc, etc.
—August 20: WNBA Trade Deadline.
—September 19: WNBA Regular Season ends.
—September 22: WNBA Playoffs begin. ESPN has the rights.
—October 1: Training camp opens. No word yet as to where. Could be in Brooklyn or someplace else. Three years ago, it was in San Diego.
+Nets can negotiate rookie contract extensions with Cam Thomas and Day’Ron Sharpe
—October 19: Last day to waive a player on a non-guaranteed contract and not incur a salary cap charge.
—October 20: Last possible WNBA Finals date. Will it be Liberty vs. Aces again? Liberty vs. Lynx? Will we finally get a parade?!?
—October 21: Deadline for Nets to extend Cam Thomas and Day’Ron Sharpe beyond their rookie contracts. Otherwise, the Nets can wait a year and the two will be restricted free agents, meaning the Nets can match any offer they get in July 2025. That scenario is the more likely one, according to pundits.
—October 22: Opening Night for 2024-25 season.
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