The Brooklyn Nets are making a few final housekeeping moves before camp, and two familiar summer faces are now lined up for Long Island.
On Tuesday, Brooklyn signed and then waived guards Dwight Murray Jr. and Isaiah Wong, the team said. The timing matters because the Nets are about two weeks from kicking off their 2026-27 season with Media Day and training camp, and these transactions help set the stage for what comes next.
Brooklyn already appears to have its roster locked in for the 2026-27 season, with all 18 spots filled - 15 standard contracts and three Two-Way deals. Even so, the organization is still using the space it has available to sort out the details ahead of camp.
The Long Island Nets, Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, had already picked up the returning player rights to both Murray and Wong earlier this month. That move points them toward Long Island once the season gets rolling.
Murray, 26, went undrafted in 2023 after a five-year college run that included stops at Incarnate Word and Rider. He got a look with Brooklyn in the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League this summer, and he put together an 8.0-point, 1.7-rebound, 1.7-assist average while shooting 41.7% from the field and 50.0% from three.
Wong, 25, was the 55th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft after four seasons at Miami. He spent his first two NBA seasons with the Indiana Pacers and Charlotte Hornets, then played for Dreamland Gran Canaria in the Spanish ACB league last season.
As Luke Adams of Hoops Rumors pointed out, "signing Exhibit 10 contracts with the Nets will ensure that Wong and Murray receive bonuses worth up to $91K on top of their base G League salaries if they spend at least 60 days with Long Island." For now, Brooklyn’s moves seem designed to put both guards in position to start the year with Long Island, with the bigger question being whether either can play his way into NBA minutes down the line.
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