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It’s a bad (and small) idea.. was just thinking of doing the swap for a stack of 2nds and then figuring out other cheap vets to play with.. or going for Bey/Johnson type but that seemed worse, Champagnie felt like it would upset Washington fans..


Denver: Kispert
Washington: Nnaji, Saric, one of Tyson/Pickett, 2026 swap option (top 6 protected?)

Denver - gets a good enough bench wing. Should look good off of Joker. Doesn’t tie up distant draft capital. Still leaves room under second apron for vet mins, though lose the taxMLE unless they sign a few of those 0yr/second round pick exem contracts again..

Washington - they currently have the worse of Houston/OKC pick. Which projects to be 30th imo… Most likely Joker is healthy and this is a 4-6 spot jump to trade an overpaid shooter for someone that might not belong in the league.. but maybe Joker is not healthy.

2026 swap option I assume . . .

Don't think Kispert is overpaid; that's about market for a shooter like him. I do think he's not in a good spot with Washington adding all these young wings signed by Dawkins and Kispert being close to the last of the previous GM's picks but if someone needs a pure shooter, he's an NBA caliber one.

That said, if Washington wants to clear the space, this is a decent offer. I'd probably take it.

Pickett would be great on Washington honestly. He’d organize their offense and get good looks for their young guys

This is a clever idea. Washington, with the 30th pick in the 2026 draft, is one of the few teams that would value a pick swap from Denver. Denver will probably pick around 24th or so. And it's not out of the realm of possibility that they have injury trouble and that pick jumps up to #19 or so.

I'd probably do it from the Wizards perspective. Kispert is a better, more useful player than Nnaji, but neither guy is really going to be part of the Wizards rotation a year from now, so the Wizards are better off paying the cheaper contract.

If it's Tyson and not Pickett, 100% done deal for Denver.

Love this idea

nomansland wrote:If it's Tyson and not Pickett, 100% done deal for Denver.

IMO Denver can pick any minimum/small contract they want, in case I missed a different player/contract?

Washington is getting their value through the swap, no need for them to get a prospect Denver still believes in..