The Brooklyn Nets have waived guard Kobe Bufkin. The Nets acquired Bufkin this offseason in a salary-clearing move from the Atlanta Hawks.
Brooklyn will eat $4.5 million in dead money on the cap for the 2025-26 season for Bufkin. The Nets will open the season roughly $190,000 above the salary floor.
The waiver of Bufkin should mean that Tyrese Martin and Jalen Wilson will make the Nets opening night roster. Neither player has a fully guaranteed contract, but both emerged as regular rotation players for Brooklyn last season.