Day’Ron Sharpe is reportedly returning to the Nets on a two-year, team-friendly deal
The distress over the Brooklyn Nets not extending a qualifying offer to Day’Ron Sharpe or Ziaire Williams and making them a restricted free agent was quickly eradicated this afternoon. Mike Scotto of HoopsHype reports the big man is staying in Brooklyn on a two-year, $12 million deal with a team option on the second year.
Breaking: Brooklyn Nets intend to sign Day’Ron Sharpe to a two-year, $12 million deal, league sources told @hoopshype. Team option included. Sharpe averaged 7.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in 18.1 minutes per game this season. Deal negotiated by agents Aaron Reilly and Reggie Berry. pic.twitter.com/37bkFGi1yX
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 30, 2025
The framework of the deal is almost identical to Ziaire Williams’s, announced less than three hours earlier by Shams Charania. The Nets took a slight risk by not extending qualifying offers he and Sharpe Sunday, but the gamble paid off as each deal will allow the team to preserve more cap space compared to what would have been left with if each signed their qualifying offer.
Brooklyn is now projected to still have $34 million in cap space going into free agency, which technically doesn’t begin until 6:00 p.m. ET. They could boost it to $42 million if they opted to waive their non-guaranteed guys…
Nets have $34 million in cap space after re-signing Day’Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams.
They could reach $42 million by waiving all their non-guaranteed players. pic.twitter.com/q9LDdraLJC
— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 30, 2025
Sharpe is coming off his best year as a pro, averaging career-high 7.9 points, 1.8 assists, and 6.6 rebounds per game. He’s been one of the game’s best off-the-bench rebounders in the last two years. He ranked 17th in rebounds per 36 minute last year (13.1) among players appearing in at least 50 games. The year before he was second, pulling down 15.2 per game.
General consensus says the Nets got back two of their core building blocks at a more than reasonable price. Cam Thomas, who the team did extend a qualifying offer, is also likely to re-sign. Indeed, the Nets may simply wait to see how else they can use their remaining cap before actually inking him. Thomas now a $12 million caphold but is likely to earn a lot more when his deal gets done. Teams can theoretically tender him an offer sheet but no team has more than the $14 million MLE. Brooklyn is still the only team with significant cap space.
- Brooklyn Nets signing Ziaire Williams to two-year, $12 million deal – Brian Lewis – New York Post