In a column Friday, Basketball Insiders’ cap guru Eric Pincus delves into the agreement between the Nets and Donatas Motiejunas, which the Rockets matched, and finds it “puzzling.”
At the core of his analysis, helped by conversations with NBA GM’s, is this question: “Why did he sign such a Houston-friendly offer sheet with the Brooklyn Nets? What is he trying to achieve by refusing to report for a physical?”
Pincus describes the Nets offer —$37 million over four years— as not as “ugly” as those tendered this summer to Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson.
Bottom line for Pincus is this.