Ed Davis received interest from the Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trail Blazers before agreeing to a one-year, $4.4 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets.

“The main thing is they definitely came out aggressive when July 1 hit, so I definitely wanted to go to where I was wanted, so that had a lot to do with it,” Davis said on a conference call. “Then, I talked to Allen (Crabbe) and Jeremy (Lin) a little bit about the coaching staff and things like that and how the organization was run, and it was nothing but great things. Then, I think this team has potential definitely. We can try to make this push into the playoffs this year, and it’s going to be a challenge, but that’s one of the reasons why I’m here.”

While Kawhi Leonard has been silent with the media, Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star said on the Back To Back Podcast on Wednesday that he has been in conversations with other impending 2019 free agents about possibly playing together.

"One thing I was told last night is that Kawhi Leonard had already been planning out his free agency for next year and he had already been in contact with other star players in the league and saying 'Hey, where might you want to play with me? What are we looking at?'

"It wasn't just L.A. he was talking about," added Arthur. "Brooklyn was maybe somewhere. They're going to have a ton of cap space. That might have been a possibility.

"So Kawhi has already been thinking ahead to pairing up and playing at a highest level."

The 2019 free agent class includes Leonard, Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant.

Treveon Graham has agreed to a two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets.

The first season of Graham's deal with the Nets is fully guaranteed.

Graham went undrafted out of VCU in 2015 and joined the Charlotte Hornets in 2016. The Hornets declined Graham's qualifying offer before the start of free agency.

The Brooklyn Nets have signed Rodions Kurucs, the 40th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, to a multi-year contract. 

Kurucs (6’9”, 220), a forward from Cesis, Latvia, played the past three seasons for FC Barcelona II of Spanish LEB Gold. In 2017-18, the 20-year-old appeared in 16 games, averaging 10.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 20.8 minutes per game. Kurucs has also had stints with FC Barcelona in both ACB and Euroleague competition. He began his professional career with VEF Riga in his native Latvia.

Shabazz Napier has agreed to a two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets.

The Nets have a team option on the second season of the deal.

Napier will join a guard rotation for the Nets that includes D'Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie and Joe Harris.

Napier has emerged as a rotation guard during his past two seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Brooklyn Nets have traded Jeremy Lin to the Atlanta Hawks.

The Nets will acquire Kenneth Faried, Darrell Arthur, a protected 2019 first round pick and a future second round pick from the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets will receive Isaiah Whitehead in the deal. Denver's 2019 first round pick to the Nets is protected 1-12.

For Denver, they were looking to clear salary to stay under the luxury tax.

D'Angelo Russell and the Brooklyn Nets have yet to open discussions on a contract extension.

Russell is owed $7.02 million this upcoming season and is eligible for a $9.16 million qualifying offer and restricted free agency next summer if he doesn’t agree to a rookie scale extension.

The Nets are prioritizing cap space for the summer of 2019 when they'll potentially have cap space to sign two max contract players.

Russell was acquired by the Nets from the Los Angeles Lakers a year ago.

The Boston Celtics have received interest on sign-and-trade scenarios for Marcus Smart from the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets.

Smart has already met with the Nets.

The Celtics have had zero communication with Smart. A source close to Smart says he's been "unresponsive" because he is “insulted by what he feels is a lack of respect by front office.”

Smart has a limited restricted free agent market with teams lacking cap space and the Celtics widely expected to match any reasonable offer.

Dwight Howard agreed to give back $5 million in his buyout with the Brooklyn Nets.

Howard is getting a similar amount with the Washington Wizards after signing a two-year, $11 million deal.

Howard was initially due $23.8 million in the final season of his deal that the Nets acquired from the Charlotte Hornets.

Dwight Howard has secured a buyout with the Brooklyn Nets and will sign with the Washington Wizards for the taxpayers mid-level exception of $5.3 million once he clears waivers.

Howard was traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Nets in June with the agreement not yet official.

The Wizards can offer Howard their starting center job.