big honey and the nuggets

hope they dont have to break the band up over some accounting bs

the country needs celtics nuggets.

btw I got a fat lever rainbow jersey for my birthday, I will be behind enemy lines in LA until the foreseeable future so wish me luck

ha nice

V nice

Denver has landed the Suns' pick at No. 22, source tells ESPN. The Nuggets are sending Phoenix No. 28, No. 56 and two future seconds.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2024

holmes has been tightly linked to the nuggets for at least a week now, and I support this move in that we need a backup big and we certainly don’t need any more rookies… but I’d been under the impression the nuggs were just gonna take him at 28

That’s the dude I had thanksgiving dinner with. My cousin is there in the stands with him, they were High school teammates and have remained friends. Super nice kid. I watched most of their high school games a few years back.

sick

nice! sounds like someone we can all root for

wait really!! that’s sick, and a confirmed guy to add to the nuggets wkiw roster

Yeah man we talked ball for like an hour. He was basically like I wanna go anywhere but the pistons or wizards lol. But even back then he was hoping for the nuggets or bucks. Said it was a hard decision to declare, he coulda come out last season but was making crazy NIL money in college.

couple of not unexpected but less than ideal shams bombs

Denver and star Jamal Murray are working toward a four-year, $209 million maximum contract extension this offseason, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Nuggets will present the deal to Murray – a 2023 NBA champion and one of the best clutch players – and sides expect agreement. pic.twitter.com/tOZ7UBWuli

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024

Denver’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is declining his $15.4 million player option for the 2024-25 season to become a free agent, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba. Caldwell-Pope – a two-time NBA champion – is expected to receive interest from multiple teams with salary cap space. pic.twitter.com/R1P8fhqBfn

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024

still seems like KCP re-signing at a higher but not totally unreasonable AAV is a strong possibility. hopefully the bruce brown situation was instructive

kevin, congrats

Denver is trading Reggie Jackson to Charlotte with three unprotected second-round picks, source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2024

heh

https://i.imgur.com/lshNrjj.png

our long national nightmare has ended

Keep getting locked, but… Denver is trading the Nuggets’ own seconds in 2025, 2029 and 2030 to Charlotte of move off Reggie Jackson’s $5.2 million salary for next season, league sources told @YahooSports.

— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) June 27, 2024

wait they’re TRADING three picks to offload reggie?

yeah

oh…

seems like a lot just to offload $5m

he’s really bad and they’re up against the apron. but still

Holy fuck bro please keep the beard and mustache this is aura pic.twitter.com/BhZOSVBKZ7

— moose (@MooseRantanen) June 27, 2024

new era/aura

oh no

so close to zangief cosplay

feeling pretty bummed about this off-season and the team’s trajectory. it seems likely now that KCP will walk and the nuggets will get nothing in return. the team is in a tough spot because under most scenarios, re-signing KCP (which they can do at any number since they have his bird rights) puts them into the second apron and severely limits their future flexibility. but losing KCP risks capping their ceiling and squandering some serious championship equity.

I’ve thought for a while that while he’s been great for the team, KCP is probably the most expendable starter. he’s an excellent defender and shooter, though both of those skills are highly dependent on his mobility and he’s about to hit his mid-thirties, and maybe losing him a year early is preferable to two years too late… but if the alternative is getting nothing of real value in return, that’s a bummer

yeah letting him walk sucks is prob the right move but they really need to hit on some guys

New cba succcccks

if i were an nba team i would simply not pay my role players max salaries

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope intends to sign a three-year, $66 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Massive pickup for the rising Magic, acquiring the starting shooting guard of two NBA title teams. pic.twitter.com/fhu04mauIx

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2024

sigh

we’ll see if there’s another move there, but that has not really been the MO of this team. I’m pretty despondent and mad at ownership. worried they’re just going to take jokic’s prime for granted

idk what pretty similar means here

Denver offered KCP a salary pretty similar to what he ended up getting from Orlando and I’m told the Nuggets offered three years. The Nuggets definitely tried here

— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) June 30, 2024

they also offered a contract in us dollars

I honestly am not sure how plugged in tony jones is — he’s kind of the stopgap beat reporter for the athletic but he’s primarily a jazz guy. I’d be shocked if the nuggets matched and KCP chose orlando, but I guess anything is possible

No state taxes

yeah honestly if that’s what it came down to, fuck him

https://i.imgur.com/B8ooBaK.png

they did… ?

🚨🚨🚨

THE DENVER NUGGETS ARE SHOWING INTEREST IN SIGNING RUSSELL WESTBROOK (per @ShamsCharania) pic.twitter.com/kXNIeLK4eZ

— Nuggets Lead (@NuggetsLead) June 30, 2024

please execute me

oh no

I’m so sad about the KCP thing man. guy decided he had no interest in contending for a championship and preferred a few extra bucks. really goes against everything I thought I knew about him. good riddance

ugh

mostly mad at the kroenkes I guess :/

There’s a genuine case to avoid the second apron if you’re Denver. Matt’s not wrong. I just fundamentally disagree because we know this five-player starter core can win the title. We’ve seen it be the best group in the NBA. And removing KCP without a replacement REALLY downgrades https://t.co/6NNXCAoUIz

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) July 2, 2024

there’s an interesting dynamic playing out here where there seems to be a clear divide between national writers, who are mostly pillorying the move, and local writers, who are sort of sheepishly defending it. there are probably some access factors at play but otherwise I find it pretty baffling

yeah isn’t that usually the dynamic, riskier for local writers to just kill the team

local writers are hayseed rubes is how i break it down to an extent