During the off-season, the Nets acquired All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo from the Philadelphia 76ers,[2][3][4] and signed free agent Rodney Rogers.
[14] Kidd also finished in ninth place in Most Valuable Player voting.
Five days later, the organization traded Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn to the Philadelphia 76ers for Dikembe Mutombo.
On August 14, the Nets signed Rodney Rogers as a free agent.
Their final offseason transaction would come three days later, when they waived Donny Marshall.