Okur and Stevenson join the Nets; Graham waived:

[VC15]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Utah has traded forward Mehmet Okur to New Jersey for a 2015 second-round draft pick.

Make no mistake: Deron Williams gets plenty of input into personnel decisions. Okur gives Nets some size and scoring w/ Brook Lopez out.

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
As reported by NY-NJ outlets, DeShawn Stevenson agrees to 1-year pact with Nets. The deal will pay him $2.5M for the season, source tells Y!

 

[Pugz]

i guess okur will help while brook is out and his expiring contract could be used in trade talks to so its kind of a plus for them.

 

[DJT]

Good move by Utah. Get rid of Okur, pick up more money and a pick. Nice.

 

[Pugz]

they picked up a second round pick and were going to have the money when he left lol. it was a no brainer move but didnt them any better whatsoever. lol

 

[DJT]

Opens playing time for Kanter and Favors. Also now they don't have to have a lump of coal sitting on the bench taking up space costing 10.7 million.

I mean sure he would have expired, but now they already got rid of his contract and its still in the season...thats a great move.