In our Off-Season Report this week, we take a look at the last free agency issues, check out some statement games, try our hand at a depth chart, etc.

Marshon Brooks reiterated his goal of beating James Harden for Sixth Man of the Year, but in telephone conversation from Moscow Thursday, the 6'5" shooting guard talked more about the team and its potential.

Stephen Coston of DIME notes that almost 90% of the Nets spending this summer was on starters and that the the rest was paid out, effectively, to their bench.

Please welcome Josh Childress...officially. The Nets announced Thursday afternoon that the 6'8" small forward, amnestied by the Suns in July, has been signed, reportedly to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract.

Veteran NBA writer Steve Aschburner looks at Andray Blatche's signing with the Nets, his past and now his future. Aschburner repeats all the various issues that have plagued Blatche and offers his own prescription for the Nets.

With Thursday's expected signing of Josh Childress, the Nets off-season will be over. So, in eleven weeks between the draft and now, the the Nets have committed $335.7 million in cash money to 14 basketball players.

With a tweet and a photo on Instagram, Andray Blatche announced that he has joined the Nets, which his business manager later confirmed to ESPN New York's Jared Zwerling.

Assuming the Andray Blatche and Josh Childress make the team (as expected), the Nets payroll will reach $83.5 million, putting them second in the league, according to a survey of sites that track NBA salaries .

Word out of Spain Wednesday that although Bojan Bogdanovic's national team coach wants the 6'8" swingman to join him in Spain, Unicaja's ownership has yet to commit to signing him and apparently is unlikely to, which would be fine with the Nets.

Leandro Barbosa tells a Brazilian website the Nets are pursuing him the "hardest" of any team thats contacted him.