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Jake0890 wrote:I could get excited over Tyreke. Feels like a young Lance.

I’m still on the Kemba train but there are gonna be a lot of teams selling at the deadline, I think. Opportunity to stack even more prospects shortly offf their rookie deals that haven’t proved to be worth the non rookie scale deals yet.

FreeRon wrote:

Jake0890 wrote:I could get excited over Tyreke. Feels like a young Lance.

I’m still on the Kemba train but there are gonna be a lot of teams selling at the deadline, I think. Opportunity to stack even more prospects shortly offf their rookie deals that haven’t proved to be worth the non rookie scale deals yet.

Tyreke is actually just slightly older than Lance, so Lance has to settle for being a young Tyreke I guess?

Jake0890 wrote:

FreeRon wrote:

Jake0890 wrote:I could get excited over Tyreke. Feels like a young Lance.

I’m still on the Kemba train but there are gonna be a lot of teams selling at the deadline, I think. Opportunity to stack even more prospects shortly offf their rookie deals that haven’t proved to be worth the non rookie scale deals yet.

Tyreke is actually just slightly older than Lance, so Lance has to settle for being a young Tyreke I guess?

Wait, REALLY?

TIL.

Huh.

But Denver will likely make a move of its own before the Feb. 8 trade deadline, as the Nuggets are known to be shopping for a veteran point guard who could allow Will Barton to return to his super sixth man role. According to two people with knowledge of the situation, they have serious interest in the Indiana Pacers’ Darren Collison (12.8 points, 5.3 assists per game as a starter) but have, thus far, been rebuffed. Collison, whose Pacers (28-23) are fighting to hold onto a playoff spot, has a team option worth $10 million on his deal for next season. The people spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because trade talks aren’t typically discussed publicly.

The Nuggets were in the running for Sacramento Kings point guard George Hill in free agency last summer before the Millsap deal (three years, $90 million) took them out, and it’s worth wondering if he might also be an option for Denver now that the deal which would have sent Hill to Cleveland has stalled. For the record, that deal is not dead. Rival executives say the Nuggets have been aggressive recently, and they have another trade deadline priority to take care of as well: Finding a roster spot for guard Torrey Craig.

The 27-year-old rookie who spent the past three years playing in the National Basketball League in New Zealand is on a two-way contract, meaning he is only allowed to play with the NBA team for a total of 45 days before he must either be given a season-long NBA contract or be sent back down to the G League. Yet because Craig has impressed in his 21 Nuggets games and his time is running out, there’s a desire to make room for him to stay on this roster that currently has the league limit of 15 players. Kenneth Faried ($13.7 million remaining on his deal next season), Emmanuel Mudiay ($4.2 million next season), and Wilson Chandler (player option for $12.8 million next season) are among the Nuggets players known to be available, depending on the deal.

Jake0890 wrote:But Mudiay... he’s really raw but i think it could be worth a gamble.

winter_mute_13 wrote:

Jake0890 wrote:But Mudiay... he’s really raw but i think it could be worth a gamble.

He's an athletic freak for sure, and still only 22 next month. But... that's probably it as far as positives go. Maybe some team will have the patience to develop him slowly, but I don't think it would be the Pacers.

I'd suggest a 3-way where DC goes to Denver, Mudiay + filler goes to Charlotte, and Kemba + bad contract (Batum, gulp) goes to the Pacers.