Joe Harris agrees to return to Nets on 4-year, $ 75 million contract

Free agent goalie Joe Harris has agreed to a four-year, $ 75 million contract to return to the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, Priority Sports’ Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Harris, 29, averaged a career-high 14.5 points per game last season for Brooklyn while shooting 42.4 percent from 3 points. His return – along with the additions of Landry Shamet and Bruce Brown to the trades earlier this week – should help the Nets provide space for stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

Signing Harris represents a massive financial commitment on the part of Nets owner Joe Tsai. Brooklyn is now well in the luxury tax and still has a few vacancies on its list.

The 6-foot-6 guard has resurrected his career in Brooklyn over the past four years, going from a retirement after a late-season injury in his sophomore year with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015-16 to a of the best 3 point shooters in the league. . Of the 208 players to attempt at least 400 3 points since the start of 2017-18, only Seth Curry has a 3 point higher field goal percentage.

Harris’ development helped the Nets recover after the 2013 trade for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce that left the team unchecked in their first-round pick for five years.

Meanwhile, Brooklyn relied on finding underutilized talent to rebuild – players like Harris, Spencer Dinwiddie and D’Angelo Russell, who also resurrected their careers.

The success of Nets player development helped grab the attention of Durant and Irving, who signed with Brooklyn as free agents during the 2019 offseason.