The Nets are choosing commitment over short-term flexibility.
Brooklyn plans to decline the team options on Day’Ron Sharpe and Josh Minott so it can sign both players to multiyear contracts, according to multiple reports. Sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype that Sharpe is headed for a two-year, $20MM deal. Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Minott will get a two-year, $9MM contract with a second-year team option.
For Sharpe, the move comes after another productive season off the bench. The 2021 first-round pick is set to become the longest-tenured Net once the trade of Nic Claxton is complete, and he delivered career-best numbers in 2025/26 across the board: 8.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.1 steals in 18.7 minutes per game. He also shot a career-high 60.1% from the field.
The expectation is that Sharpe will be asked to handle a bigger role after Claxton’s departure, though Brooklyn is still looking for more help up front and has been linked to Mitchell Robinson.
Minott’s rise has been just as notable. Brooklyn acquired him midseason from Boston, which needed to clear salary to finish the year below the luxury tax line.
The 23-year-old had his best pro season across both teams, playing in 49 games with 11 starts and averaging 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in 17.0 minutes per game while shooting .500/.418/.787. In 16 games with the Nets, he bumped that scoring to 10.8 points in 19.3 minutes per night.
The options the Nets could have exercised were worth $6.25MM for Sharpe and roughly $2.58MM for Minott. Brooklyn could have simply picked them up and kept both players on more team-friendly cap figures, but the front office evidently preferred to secure them now on longer deals.
Even with these moves, the Nets are still projected to have around $36MM in cap room, according to cap expert Yossi Gozlan, along with the room exception, which is expected to land just under $9.4MM.
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