If the Brooklyn Nets want to retain the right of first refusal on free agent point guard D’Angelo Russell this summer, it will take a qualifying offer of $9.16 million and require a cap hold of of $21.06 million.
Russell reached the “starter criteria” in the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement as it pertains to players in the final year of their rookie contract, as spelled out by Luke Adams of Hoops Rumors.
The $9.16 million qualifying offer springs from Russell’s draft position and his fourth-year salary. The qualifying offer for Russell, the No.