Nets have ‘big’ decisions with Griffin, Green

The Nets have a bunch of free agents to try to retain (or replace) this summer, including a pair of smallball bigs in Blake Griffin and Jeff Green. There’s still almost a week to go before free agency tips off, but at least for the moment it’s looking more and more like they have decent odds of holding onto at least one.

The Nets coaching staff and front office were pleased with the veterans but could be hard-pressed to keep both. The Post had reported that Griffin was happy in Brooklyn, and that there is sentiment around the league that Green has earned a raise from his current veteran’s minimum. Now ESPN has suggested Griffin wants to stick around next year, but linked Green as a possible fit in Milwaukee.

Griffin arrived midseason after being bought out by Detroit. He remade his game and relished doing the dirty work the starstudded Nets needed. Griffin started all 12 of their playoff games, averaging nine points and 5.9 rebounds in 26.5 minutes.

“I’m still happy with my decision,” Griffin said after their second-round loss to Milwaukee. “I’m just proud of these guys and how hard they fought.”

Griffin has been pleased with the work the Nets’ performance team has done helping him manage his knees. And as far as resigning, it should be noted that he’s still set to make $29.8 million from the Pistons next season.

Green hasn’t played full back-to-back seasons with the same team since Boston from 2012-14. He’s also been on five straight veteran’s minimum deals — actually arriving in Houston in February, 2020 on a 10-day contract, before being upgraded to a minimum — despite clearly outperforming that pay scale. And he’s aware of it.

“It confuses me, but it isn’t frustrating,” Green told the New York Times. “You know, this stuff, that’s out of my control. I go out and just do the work. And I let my agent handle the logistics of the contract terms, but it is confusing to the point of, ‘What else do I need to do to prove that I’m not a minimum guy?’ ”

He may have done that this season, averaging 11 points, 3.9 rebounds and shooting a career-high 41.2 percent from deep.