ESPN.com · Jul 3, 2016
Nets offer G Tyler Johnson 4-year, $50M deal
The Brooklyn Nets will sign restricted free-agent guard Tyler Johnson to a four-year, $50 million offer sheet which contains the "poison pill" provision, sources confirmed Sunday.
Miami will have three days to match once Johnson can officially sign the offer sheet on July 7.
The contract breakdown, designed so the Heat will not match, will be approximately $6 million in years 1 and 2 before rising to approximately $19 million in years 3 and 4.
Fernando Medina/Getty ImagesThe cap hit for Brooklyn, however, would be $12.5 million per season. It contains a player option for year three, sources confirmed.
Johnson turned down more money from another team to sign with the Nets, sources said.