Brooklyn Nets rumors: Shooting wing Treveon Graham agrees to 2-year deal

New Brooklyn Nets rumors have the club agreeing to a 2-year deal with former Charlotte wing Treveon Graham, which would bring their roster to 15 players.

Brooklyn Nets rumors circulated Tuesday evening with reports the club has agreed to a two-year deal with former Charlotte Hornets wing Treveon Graham.

That would bring the Nets’ roster to 15 players, with the Graham agreeing to the two-year veteran minimum of $1.5 million for the first year.

Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania reported via Twitter that first year would be fully guaranteed, with a second year of $1.65 million.

Free agent forward Treveon Graham has agreed to a two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Graham, a 6-foot-5 wing, will have a full guarantee on the first season of new deal.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 17, 2018

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Per Early Bird Rights, the addition of Graham takes the Nets over the cap by a bit more than $200,000, meaning the team can complete the signings of shooting guard Joe Harris (two years, $16 million using his early Bird rights) and big man Ed Davis (one year, $4.5 million using the bi-annual exception).

The 6-foot-6, 220-pound wing was an unrestricted free agent after the Hornets declined to extend a qualifying offer, per Charania.

Graham spent the last two seasons with Charlotte, spending much of 2016-17 inactive before taking on more of a regular role with the Hornets last season.

In 63 games for Charlotte in 2017-18, two of them starts, Graham averaged 4.3 points and 1.9 rebounds in 16.7 minutes per game, showing a deft touch from deep with a slash line of .434/.412/.695.

A three-year starter in his four seasons at VCU, Graham was undrafted in 2015 after averaging 16.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game as a senior and signed with the Utah Jazz after playing with the San Antonio Spurs in Summer League play.

Waived late in the preseason by the Jazz, Graham played the 2015-16 with the G-League’s Idaho Stampere, playing in 46 games with 20 starts and averaging 15.7 points and 6.1 rebounds in 30.4 minutes per game on .460/.330/.622 shooting.

He pl;ayed with Orlando’s White team during the Orlando Summer League in 2016 and played one game with Utah’s entry in Las Vegas and got a non-guaranteed two-year deal from the Hornets in July 2016.

As a rookie, Graham started one game and appeared in just 27, averaging 2.1 points in 7.0 minutes a game while shooting .475/9-for-15/10-for-15.

A strong showing with the Hornets in the 2017 Orlando Summer League, where he averaged 17.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.3 steals in 29.3 minutes a game on .474/4-for-10/13-for-19 shooting provided a springboard to a larger role in 2017-18 with Charlotte.

Graham took nearly 44 percent of his attempts last season from 3-point range, shooting 41.2 percent overall and 41 percent from the corner.

He struggled in other zones, shooting 45.2 percent in the restricted area, 35.5 percent from 3-10 feet and 31.8 percent in the 10- to 16-foot range. Graham did knock down 8-of-15 from deep mid-range.

Graham played most of his time at the 3 with Charlotte, while also playing at the 2 and spending a small amount of time as a small-ball 4.

Chase Pletcher of our sister site, Swarm & Sting, was bullish on Graham’s performance and upside:

"Considering his salary for the season ($1.3 million), Treveon easily outplayed his value on the books. Before getting injured at the end of the season, Treveon struggled some, but overall had a solid season. …… Dependable is probably the word that best describes him. On a nightly basis, you’ll know what to expect from him; a guy that can knock down his open jumpers, hustle and play solid defense."

The only knock Pletcher had on Graham was that he needed to improve his play-making skills.

Graham is another solid addition — not a guy who is going to rock the needle in any seismic way, but a dependable 3-and-D prospect on the wing who improved markedly from his rookie year to his second season.

The Nets aren’t necessarily done adding players — they still have their two two-way slots available and can have up to 20 players on the roster entering training camp.

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Because they are nowhere near the $123.7 million tax line, Brooklyn can add anyone it wants to provided it is on a minimum deal, so we may still see some of the Summer League prospects (Yuta Watanabe, Theo Pinson, Shawn Dawson) added to the roster before the end of the summer.