The Portland Trail Blazers opted to not extend Shabazz Napier the qualifying offer, and the point guard ended up signing a two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets. While Napier enjoyed a career year with Portland, he believes he still has more to show (via Nets staff writer Tom Dowd):
“A lot of people were excited by what I did last year,” said Napier. “To be honest with you, I didn’t think I did anything too special. I felt like I did fill a void that was needed, playing with Dame and C.