It started a little after 4 p.m. when Serge Ibaka, unrestricted free agent and F.O.K., tweeted out this intriguing image of him on a private aircraft headed ???
The seven-footer is, of course, a top free agent this off-season and the target of Kevin Durant’s coaxing, according to multiple reports. But the Nets currently have only the taxpayer MLE, a $5.7 million starting salary on a three-year, $18 million max. They might, through some deft cap management and exquisite contract timing, be able to get under the luxury tax and pick up the right to offer the full $9.