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Conor Orr: Teletovic won't confirm he renegotiated his contract, but says, "I will do anything to play for a winning team." Twitter

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Conor Orr: Teletovic presser: "When Deron Williams signed, I knew this was the team for me." Twitter

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Alex Raskin: Teletovic said he's always had more of an NBA style of play. Says he needed to improve as a defender. #nets Twitter

Brooklyn Nets, Mirza Teletovic 

Ken Berger: As expected, Mirza Teletovic's Nets deal is the taxpayer mid-level for 3 years, $9.7 million, thus avoiding the imposition of a hard cap. Twitter

Brooklyn Nets, Mirza Teletovic 

Misko Raznatovic: Mirza Teletovic will land in New york, in couple of hours to start his NBA dream. Medical exam, signing contract, press conference. Twitter

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Mirza Teletovic: "I have a verbal agreement with the Nets. They have a great desire for me to be part of their team". Dnevni Avaz

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

Ken Berger: Key factor in any deal consummated between Nets and Magic is hard cap being forestalled for Nets by doing smaller deal with Mirza Teletovic. Twitter

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Mirza Teletovic has confirmed that he's reached a verbal agreement to join the Nets this season. He didn't address how much money he will be paid, nor the amount of his buyout from Caja Laboral. But the 6'9" forward said the term of the deal is three years. Teletovic reiterated that what's most important him is minutes not money, adding that he's happy to be joining such an "ambitious" franchise. NetsDaily

Brooklyn Nets, Mirza Teletovic 

Teletovic says that signing with the Nets was not about money, but instead about playing time and excitement. He said that Brooklyn is “an ambitious club this summer. It will experience many changes. It will also be a big change for me, but now it’s time to go ahead and fulfill my dream…I played many years in Europe, in the [Spanish] National League on stronger and stronger clubs, so I think I am ready also for the NBA.” From Russia With Dunk

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

"[Brooklyn] is an ambitious club this summer. It will experience many changes. It will also be a big change for me, but now it's time to go ahead and fulfill my dream," said Teletovic, who is in Jablanica, Bosnia, his hometown."I played many years in Europe, in the [Spanish] National League on stronger and stronger clubs, so I think I am ready also for the NBA." NetsDaily

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

Ken Berger: League source on Nets reworking Teletovic deal, alleviating hard cap and enhancing Dwight Howard trade prospects: "It's beyond huge." Twitter

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In an interview with a Bosnian website Wednesday, Mirza Teletovic said that his deal with the Nets is not yet finalized but that playing time, not money and not the team, matters most to him. Various news organizations reported Teletovic had agreed to renegotiate his verbal agreement with the Nets to take less money so the team could gain more flexibility. "It is still early to confirm or deny my transfer to the NBA. There are a few options," he told Sport Sport Bosnia. "I really want to know my status with the new club, which means that I want to play more. Less interested in me which city I will go or how much money I get. My first goal is that the more I play, and in whatever club was. No athlete wants to sit on the bench. It's quite normal. " NetsDaily

Brooklyn Nets, Mirza Teletovic 

Well, something could be wiggling. A source close to the negotiations tells us that Bosnian forward Mirza Teletovic might not sign with Brooklyn for the non-taxpayer's midlevel exception, as originally reported, but for the taxpayer's midlevel, which is a smaller contract with a maximum of $3.09 million for the first year. ESPN.com

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Caja Laboral will receive around €1.7 million ($2.1 million) for Mirza Teletovic's buyout Noticias de Alava

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Tim Bontemps: In addition, Teletovic is represented by Jeff Schwartz, the same agent as Williams, Jason Kidd and second rounder Tyshawn Taylor. Twitter

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Howard Beck: Nets have reached deal in principle with Mirza Teletovic, source says. Twitter

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

Howard Beck: Nets are using midlevel exception to sign Teletovic to 3-yr deal. Means: 1. they cannot go over $74 mil payroll. 2. Can't use MLE for Kidd Twitter

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

The Brooklyn Nets reached a verbal commitment with Croatian forward Mirza Teletovic on a three-year deal worth $15.675 million, according to sources close to the process. ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

The agent of Mirza Teletovic told El Correo yesterday that his client does not have any offer on the table as of now. El Correo

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Mirza Teletovic 

The Nets also have been linked to Bosnian forward Mirza Teletovic, who has bought out his contract with his Spanish league team and said he would like to play in the NBA, either for the Nets or the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nets GM Billy King also said it is a possibility that Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic, whom the Nets took with the first pick of the second round of the 2011 draft, might be ready to come over to the NBA this season. Newark Star-Ledger

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