Brooklyn Nets guard Jarrett Jack has played his final game for the organization, league sources told The Vertical.
If the Nets are unable to find a trade for Jack before his contract guarantee date on Thursday, the franchise is planning to waive him, sources said.
Jack will be owed $500,000 of the $6.3 million on his 2016-17 contract if waived by Thursday. The move will deliver the Nets $44 million in salary-cap space for the free agency period starting on Friday.
Jack, 32, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in January, but has been rehabilitating the injury and doctors expect that he'll be fully recovered for the start of NBA training camps in the fall, sources said. Jack is a well-regarded backup and spot starter in the NBA, who had played well with the Golden State Warriors and the Nets in recent years.
A motivation for teams to trade for Jack would be the chance to shed an unwanted contract and then waive Jack – salary-cap relief. For a deal to make sense for the Nets – instead of simply absorbing the savings on the partial guarantee of Jack's deal – another team would have to send a player that Brooklyn would find useful.
Jack, 32, averaged 12.8 points and 7.4 assists before his season-ending injury in early January. In his 10-year career, Jack has had stops in Portland, Indiana, Toronto, New Orleans, Golden State, Cleveland and Brooklyn. Jack has averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 assists for his career.
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