Two years after Jared Dudley rejected general manager Sean Marks’ midnight recruiting pitch — and six years after he triggered Brooklyn fans on Twitter — he’s finally coming to the Nets. Now the question is how much game is the aging forward bringing with him?

Dudley, acquired as a salary dump, averaged a career-low 3.2 points in 14.3 minutes last season. He rejected buyout talks and got dealt from Phoenix after vexing Brooklyn fans in 2012 by questioning why Dwight Howard would opt to come to the Nets.

“[It] was about Dwight Howard and why he chose Brooklyn over the Lakers, and that was more of a question. If anyone knows me, I feel like I’m half-media, half-player as it is. I was just talking about the situation. It was no disrespect towards Brooklyn as an organization,” said Dudley, 33, who had classy responses to annoyed Nets fans at the time.

“Two years ago I almost signed here. I actually thought [I was coming]. Me and my wife were looking at places, as a matter of fact. So for that, I’ve always wanted to be in New York. So there should be no problem.”

Coming off a solid 42 percent performance from deep two summers ago, Dudley picked the Suns’ three-year, $30 million deal over Brooklyn’s two-year, $20 million offer. But he saw his play and role decline, shooting 37.9 percent from 3-point range in 64 games two years ago and .363 in just 48 games last season.

On a young Suns team trying to shed salary, he made no sense. But Marks extracted a second-round pick to take Dudley and send back Darrell Arthur’s $7.5 million expiring deal, basically buying a second-rounder for a bargain $2 million.

The question is what is Dudley bringing to the table, other than a draft pick? Marks took DeMarre Carroll as a salary dump, and he had a career year. Even if Dudley isn’t likely to do that, they’re hoping for a bounce-back campaign after he lost 10 pounds from his 255 weight at the end of the season and plans to shed another 10.

“For me, it’s about keep progressing and keep moving towards that and I expect to be even lighter before camp started,” Dudley said. “I like to play at 235. I’m about 245 right now. I’ve got to drop about 10 before I get down to where I want to be.

“The game has changed. I was coming off of foot surgery the year before where I missed the whole offseason. … I was in a boot from April to May to June, had surgery, was out June, July, August, September; came back first week of October, [was] getting in the swing of things and from there really not playing and being a part of it. [I] just fell a little behind. Now is a good opportunity to come back.”

With the Nets in dire need of a stretch four off the bench, Dudley hopes to provide that, as well as some leadership. He’s shot a career .396 from deep, and 6-of-15 at Barclays Center. The Nets would likely be overjoyed with anything close to that.

“The one thing I bring a little different than they’ve had here the last few years is someone with a high IQ that can stretch the floor at the four,” said Dudley, who thinks these Nets can make the playoffs.

“That should ultimately be the goal. … Does this team have the talent? Close enough. Defensively we have to take the next step and offensively shot selection. The [East] is open for a team to come and grab it. The question is which team is preparing and which team is healthy. But it should be a goal.”