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Tyshawn inks Nets deal

After agreeing to re-sign Deron Williams and Gerald Wallace, trade for Joe Johnson and sign free agents Mirza Teletovic and Reggie Evans this week, the Nets added another player to their roster yesterday when they signed second-round pick Tyshawn Taylor.

The 6-foot-3 point guard, taken No. 41 with a pick bought from Portland, is coming off a terrific senior season at Kansas, where he led the Jayhawks to the national championship game.

“I’m excited,” Taylor said before the team’s first practice Thursday. “I’m grateful for the opportunity, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Taylor has spent the past two days practicing with the Nets’ Summer League team, which will play five games next week in Orlando.

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“I had a close-up look at him in Chicago during the pre-draft camp, and he was one of the kids that was assigned to us during the interview process,” Nets coach Avery Johnson said after yesterday’s practice. “That’s where it all started. Then we went back and started to watch more video on him, and he kept moving up the board.”

Taylor is expected to see plenty of playing time in Orlando, where he could start alongside MarShon Brooks.