BelgradeNugget wrote:One thing people miss with this Nuggets trade proposals - Nuggets are contending team trying to win championship. So if you compare value of this:
1. Player A little better player but overpaid
2. Player B little worst player and underpaid
player B is better asset. Only problem could be if you try to win and with player B you are little worst team than what is needed to win championship.
Right, but this doesn't have to be a 1 and done situation. Desperately trying to keep the current core together fixes none of their issues, they just are more expensive.
1. Trade Gordon for a player slightly worse like a Hunter, Bridges or Collins + a first.
2. Attach that first to MPJ and then you can probably actually get a decent return instead of just trying to 100% salary dump MPJ.
3. Money you save by moving off MPJ and Gordon makes keeping Braun a lot easier moving forward.
That would be my vision of the team, Jokic is really good and you probably don't need to pay a spot up shooter 40 million. I honestly might even look to trade Braun, he probably doesn't look half as good as he does now if he isn't getting to play with Jokic.
