Brooklyn Nets: Catching up with former Nets around pro basketball

Quincy Acy

Departed Brooklyn: Unrestricted free agent, July 1

The Brooklyn Nets did not re-sign Quincy Acy after his contract expired at the end of last season and Acy has only briefly appeared in the NBA this season.

Acy signed the first of two 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 7, but was not retained when the second one expired.

In 10 games with the Suns, Acy averaged 1.7 points and 2.5 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game, shooting just 4-for-18 overall and going 2-for-15 from 3-point range.

The Nets brought in Acy on a 10-day deal on Jan. 17, 2017, and eventually signed him to a prorated two-year contract.

In parts of two seasons in Brooklyn, Acy averaged 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game over 102 games, starting nine of them. He shot 37.6 percent overall and 36.8 percent on 3.7 attempts per game from deep.

Dante Cunningham, San Antonio Spurs

Departed Brooklyn: Unrestricted free agent, July 1

Dante Cunningham became a free agent at the start of the new league year last July and eventually signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs on July 19.

In 53 games with the Spurs, Cunningham has made 21 starts and is averaging 3.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in 15.9 minutes per game, shooting 50 percent overall and 50 percent on 1.1 attempts per game from 3-point range.

He came to Brooklyn at the trade deadline on Feb. 8, 2018, from the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Rashad Vaughn.

He played in 22 games, starting one, as a Net and put up 7.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 20.3 minutes per game on 46.8 percent shooting, hitting 38.3 percent on 2.7 attempts a game from long range.

Milton Doyle, UCAM Murcia

Departed Brooklyn: Restricted free agent, July 1

Milton Doyle had finished the 2017-18 season on a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets and received a qualifying offer from the team before it was withdrawn on July 13.

Doyle wound up agreeing to a deal to play in Spain with UCAM Murcia, signing on Aug. 8.

Per RealGM, Doyle has played in 34 games in the Spanish ACB and in the Basketball Champions League in Europe, starting 23 of them.

He’s averaged 11.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 25.3 minutes per game on 38.7 percent shooting overall, hitting 34.1 percent on 5.4 attempts per game from 3-point range.

Doyle signed a two-way deal with Brooklyn on Dec. 18, 2017, after beginning the season with the Long Island Nets in the NBA G League. Doyle had been allocated to Long Island after being waived by the Nets after the preseason.

He appeared in 10 games with the Nets, averaging 3.4 points in 12.5 minutes per game, shooting 27.7 percent overall and 17.4 percent on 2.3 attempts a game from deep.

Jahlil Okafor, New Orleans Pelicans

Departed Brooklyn: Unrestricted free agent, July 1

The Brooklyn Nets did not extend a qualifying offer to Jahlil Okafor when his contract expired last July 1 and he eventually signed a two-year, partially guaranteed veteran’s minimum deal with the New Orleans Pelicans on Aug. 8 that included a team option for 2019-20.

It was a long fall for the former No. 3 overall pick in 2015, whose fourth-year option on his rookie deal was declined by the Philadelphia 76ers in October 2017.

This season, Okafor has played in 38 games and made 13 starts in New Orleans, averaging 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game, shooting 60.1 percent overall while missing his lone attempt from 3-point land.

He was acquired by the Nets on Dec. 7, 2017, along with Nik Stauskas and the New York Knicks’ 2019 second-round pick, sending Trevor Booker to the 76ers in return.

Okafor played in 26 games for Brooklyn, averaging 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.6 minutes a game, shooting 56.6 percent overall and hitting 1-of-4 from deep.

Nik Stauskas, Cleveland Cavaliers

Departed Brooklyn: Unrestricted free agent, July 1

Nik Stauskas was allowed to begin an unrestricted free agent on July 1 after the Brooklyn Nets did not extend a qualifying offer. He signed a one-year, $1.6 million deal with the Portland Trail Blazers on July 5.

But leading up to the trade deadline on Feb. 7, Stauskas went on a whirlwind tour of the NBA, traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers in a three-day span before being waived by Indiana on Feb. 8.

He signed with the Cavaliers on Feb. 11 for the remainder of the season.

In 44 games with Portland, Stauskas averaged 6.1 points in 15.3 minutes per game, shooting 41.9 percent overall and hitting 34.4 percent on 2.8 attempts per game from 3.

Since joining the Cavaliers, he has played in two games, averaging 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 21.5 minutes a night, shooting just 3-for-13 overall and 2-for-9 from deep.

Stauskas came to Brooklyn along with Jahlil Okafor and the New York Knicks’ 2019 second-round pick on Dec. 7, 2017, from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Trevor Booker.

He played in 35 games as a Net, averaging 5.1 points in 13.7 minutes per game on 39.3 percent shooting overall, hitting 40.4 percent on 2.8 attempts a night from long range.