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The Brooklyn Nets will not extend a qualifying offer to guard Nik Stauskas, making him an unrestricted free agent, according to a report.
Michael Scotto of The Athletic also reports the Nets did tender two-way player Milton Doyle, which makes him a restricted free agent.
The Brooklyn Nets will not tender Nik Stauskas a qualifying offer, sources told @TheAthleticNYC. He'll be an unrestricted free agent. The Nets did tender two-way player Milton Doyle a qualifying offer making him a restricted free agent. He'll play in Summer League with Brooklyn.
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) June 29, 2018
The 24-year-old Stauskas, the eighth overall selection of the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, played in 35 games for the Nets last season after being acquired in December in a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 5.1 points and 1.1 assists in 13.7 minutes for Brooklyn.
In 267 career games with the Kings, 76ers and Nets, Stauskas has averaged 7.0 points and 1.6 assists per game.
Doyle, 24, averaged 3.4 points, 1.8 rebounds an 1.0 assists in 12.5 minutes in 10 games for the Nets last season.