Nets sign Moe Wagner for $19 million in NBA free agency

The Nets rounded out their center rotation Tuesday, agreeing to a two-year, $19 million deal with Moritz Wagner.Trading away Nic Claxton had created a glaring hole and elevated the newly re-signed Day’Ron Sharpe to presumptive starter.Now the 29-year-old Wagner will back up — or perhaps platoon with — Sharpe.The deal — first reported by HoopsHype and confirmed by The Post — is similar to the one agreed to with Keon Ellis the night before, and has a second-year mutual option.

In essence, either side can opt in to the deal, trigger the second year and fully guarantee the remaining $9 million.But if both sides opt out, Wagner would become an unrestricted free agent again next summer.Ellis’ deal provided a defensive-minded guard.

Wagner’s pact now provides help on the other end of the floor, though no shot blocking.Rim protection was already an Achilles’ heel for the Nets even with Claxton.

Settling on a Sharpe-Wagner tandem makes them worse in that area.But Nets GM Sean Marks likely looked at the centers available — in both free agency and on the trade market — and made cost-effective signings in Wagner and Sharpe (two years, $20 million), whose contract looks better in light of the inflated center market.Ex-Knick Mitchell Robinson was likely the only shot-blocker available to them, but he inked with a contender in Boston while the Nets are rebuilding.Walker Kessler ($32.5 million annual salary), Robinson ($15.8 million), Jock Landale ($14 million) and Sandro Mamukelashvili ($13 million) all signed hefty deals.

And Jalen Duren hasn’t even gotten his lucrative contract yet, but will be well paid.Instead, the Nets went with a cheaper floor-raiser.It does take them out of the running for a max salary slot, but leaves them with just under $25 million in cap space if they structure one of their signings into the room mid-level exception.That projection doesn’t include the Claxton-Julius Randle swap, which won’t be official until Monday.

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