Pistons Waive Blake Griffin - Signs With Nets

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Six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin has agreed to a contract buyout with the Detroit Pistons and will become an unrestricted free agent.

Finding a trade for Griffin -- who was owed a remaining $36.6 million this season and $39 million in 2021-22 prior to the buyout -- was an insurmountable challenge for the Pistons.

Injuries have dramatically altered Griffin's game, eliminating the high-flying rim attacks that marked his All-Star career. He's averaging 12.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists for Detroit this season.

Griffin was traded less than a season into a five-year, $171 million max deal with the LA Clippers, arriving in Detroit in late January 2018.

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Six-time All-Star forward Blake Griffin has agreed to a deal to join the Brooklyn Nets for the rest of the season.

The Nets are using one of their veteran-minimum-contract slots to sign Griffin.

Because Brooklyn will be in the luxury tax next season, the most they could offer Griffin as a free agent is the $5.9 million taxpayer mid-level exception. However, Griffin will earn $29.8 million from Detroit next year and has $255 million in career earnings.

Griffin was traded less than a season into a five-year, $171 million max deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, arriving in Detroit in late-January 2018.

Griffin averaged 12.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 20 games for Detroit this season.