Washington Wizards star Paul Pierce has revealed that he wasn't offered a new deal by the Brooklyn Nets this past summer.

Pierce signed a two-year deal with the Wizards after opting to leave the Barclays Center, and he has insisted that a new contract was never offered to him.

"Truthfully, I thought I was going to end up back in Brooklyn, with Kevin [Garnett]. I told Kevin, if you're not going to retire, then I probably will come back.

"But when Brooklyn didn't give me an offer, it was like, I talked to him, and I kind of started looking at my options then," Pierce told NBA.com.

Nets general manager Billy King revealed earlier this month that there were both team and financial reasons behind allowing Pierce to leave the franchise.