The Numbers: Under the tax but still limited

Dmitry Beliakov for Brooklyn NetsWhen his Russian bosses ask Billy King for the fiscal consequences of the Deron Williams buyout, the answer will be ... less.

The bottom line is that the Nets saved between $40 million and $50 million in salary, luxury and repeater taxes this season and around $17 million in salary in 2016-17, but within those numbers are basketball consequences, both good and bad.

Here are a few...

--The Nets will go into the 2016 summer of free agency with around $39 million in cap space, reports Howard Beck. That will give them among the biggest caches of cash in the NBA next summer. Joe Johnson and Jarrett Jack come off the cap (although Jack has a $500,000 guarantee). To…