For Jake Fischer, one telling thing about the Nets four days of trades was what they didn’t do.
Competing for championships has been Brooklyn’s mindset under Joe Tsai’s ownership. The front office did not deal to get under the luxury tax before the deadline as some rival personnel expected.
The Nets front office did reduce Tsai’s luxury taxes from $108.2 million to $6.9 million, a big savings, but they could have gone all the way under the threshold, which would have been an indication of capitulation ... and would have saved them more money in taxes next season when the repeater tax kicks in.