2025 Off-Season

[NuggetsWY]

So here are 2 trade options using his contract.

Option 1

Dario Saric+Jalen Pickett+Hunter Tyson for
Kyle 'SloMo' Anderson

Miami recived him in Butler trade. They have Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Herro, Haywood Highsmith, Duncan Robinson, Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr. on wings, no need for him. By this trade they get off of 2nd year of his contract, Nuggets get high IQ veteran, good bench peace.

Option 2

Dario Saric+Julian Strawther +Hunter Tyson
Sam Houser

Boston is trying to get out of 2nd apron, Houser has 4 years left on contract. If they decide to try to lower payrole for next year this could be good way.

Denver can also involve his contract into some s&t options like

Option 3

Dario Saric +Hunter Tyson+ 1st round pick swap (2028)
Pelicans - s&t Bruce Brown ($7M)

This way we can still use TPMLE to sign someone like Nicolas Batum/Larry Nance Jr. or whoever is solid and avilable...

Some nice options!

I am a fan of getting SloMo for sure. He'd fit nicely with Jokic & Murray plus he'd be a nice fit to hold the second string together while Jokic and/or Murray sit on the bench. But where would he fit? I like him starting but then Porter or Braun has to go to the bench. But he would probably accept playing off the bench.

Hauser would be a nice addition on the bench.

I like Brown as well. He can start if needed, but is great off the bench.

[BelgradeNugget]

Here is my dream offseason

Denver trades: Saric, Pickett, Nnaji, 2031 1st
Denver recives: Goga Bitadze, Bruce Brown ($7M, 3 years)

Orlando trades: Goga Bitadze, #25
Orlando recives: Saric, Pickett, 2031 1st

Pelicans trade: Bruce Brown s&t ($7M, 3 years)
Pelicans recive: Nnaji, #25

After trade our lineups

Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic
Brown/Strawther/Watson/1.FA/Goga
2.FA/3.FA/Tyson/Holmes

1. FA - for TPMLE ($5.6M) - Batum, Nance, Marvin Bagley, Chris Boucher, Al Horford, Precious Achiuwa...
2. FA - vet min - Monte Morris, Dennis Schroeder, Malcolm Brogdon, De'Anthony Melton, Dante Exum...
3. FA - vet min - Justin Holiday, Gary Harris, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic...

there are more options with this. My point is with 2031 1st, very valuable asset packed with expiring contract (Saric, Pickett, Tyson, Watson) we can get nice player and pick to use with Nnaji to try to get something more...

[BelgradeNugget]

So here are 2 trade options using his contract.

Option 1

Dario Saric+Jalen Pickett+Hunter Tyson for
Kyle 'SloMo' Anderson

Miami recived him in Butler trade. They have Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Herro, Haywood Highsmith, Duncan Robinson, Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr. on wings, no need for him. By this trade they get off of 2nd year of his contract, Nuggets get high IQ veteran, good bench peace.

Option 2

Dario Saric+Julian Strawther +Hunter Tyson
Sam Houser

Boston is trying to get out of 2nd apron, Houser has 4 years left on contract. If they decide to try to lower payrole for next year this could be good way.

Denver can also involve his contract into some s&t options like

Option 3

Dario Saric +Hunter Tyson+ 1st round pick swap (2028)
Pelicans - s&t Bruce Brown ($7M)

This way we can still use TPMLE to sign someone like Nicolas Batum/Larry Nance Jr. or whoever is solid and avilable...

Some nice options!

I am a fan of getting SloMo for sure. He'd fit nicely with Jokic & Murray plus he'd be a nice fit to hold the second string together while Jokic and/or Murray sit on the bench. But where would he fit? I like him starting but then Porter or Braun has to go to the bench. But he would probably accept playing off the bench.

Hauser would be a nice addition on the bench.

I like Brown as well. He can start if needed, but is great off the bench.

SloMo is now buried on Miami bench behind their young players. Value all time low. The best time to get him

[Wallace_Wallace]

Here is my dream offseason

Denver trades: Saric, Pickett, Nnaji, 2031 1st
Denver recives: Goga Bitadze, Bruce Brown ($7M, 3 years)

Orlando trades: Goga Bitadze, #25
Orlando recives: Saric, Pickett, 2031 1st

Pelicans trade: Bruce Brown s&t ($7M, 3 years)
Pelicans recive: Nnaji, #25

After trade our lineups

Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic
Brown/Strawther/Watson/1.FA/Goga
2.FA/3.FA/Tyson/Holmes

1. FA - for TPMLE ($5.6M) - Batum, Nance, Marvin Bagley, Chris Boucher, Al Horford, Precious Achiuwa...
2. FA - vet min - Monte Morris, Dennis Schroeder, Malcolm Brogdon, De'Anthony Melton, Dante Exum...
3. FA - vet min - Justin Holiday, Gary Harris, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic...

there are more options with this. My point is with 2031 1st, very valuable asset packed with expiring contract (Saric, Pickett, Tyson, Watson) we can get nice player and pick to use with Nnaji to try to get something more...

I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

[skywalker33]

Here is my dream offseason

Denver trades: Saric, Pickett, Nnaji, 2031 1st
Denver recives: Goga Bitadze, Bruce Brown ($7M, 3 years)

Orlando trades: Goga Bitadze, #25
Orlando recives: Saric, Pickett, 2031 1st

Pelicans trade: Bruce Brown s&t ($7M, 3 years)
Pelicans recive: Nnaji, #25

After trade our lineups

Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic
Brown/Strawther/Watson/1.FA/Goga
2.FA/3.FA/Tyson/Holmes

1. FA - for TPMLE ($5.6M) - Batum, Nance, Marvin Bagley, Chris Boucher, Al Horford, Precious Achiuwa...
2. FA - vet min - Monte Morris, Dennis Schroeder, Malcolm Brogdon, De'Anthony Melton, Dante Exum...
3. FA - vet min - Justin Holiday, Gary Harris, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic...

there are more options with this. My point is with 2031 1st, very valuable asset packed with expiring contract (Saric, Pickett, Tyson, Watson) we can get nice player and pick to use with Nnaji to try to get something more...

I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

BB is a free agent but it's unknown if DEN can just sign him, he still may get an offer above what we can pay. The fans here would be excited if he resigned here, though.

Your trade is intriguing but Gafford is just about to sign a 3-yr $60M contract with DAL, he would solve our backup C need but a $20M backup is a bit much, don'tcha think ?

[NuggetsWY]

Here is my dream offseason
I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

I like this idea; but will Dallas? They might think they can get more for two players expected to play significant minutes wherever they land.

Murray -- Braun -- Klay -- Gordon -- Jokic

Gafford would be a nice backup to Jokic and could even play some minutes with him.
Westbrook or Brown or another vet at guard would be essential in my opinion.
I always liked Monte Morris and felt like he fit well in our rotation.
The bench will need some of our youth to step up. I believe we have enough potential talents to work.

[psimanic1]

Here is my dream offseason
I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

I like this idea; but will Dallas? They might think they can get more for two players expected to play significant minutes wherever they land.

Murray -- Braun -- Klay -- Gordon -- Jokic

Gafford would be a nice backup to Jokic and could even play some minutes with him.
Westbrook or Brown or another vet at guard would be essential in my opinion.
I always liked Monte Morris and felt like he fit well in our rotation.
The bench will need some of our youth to step up. I believe we have enough potential talents to work.

Gafford just extended 3/60, not sure we would be paying that for 10mpg player....

[BelgradeNugget]

Here is my dream offseason

Denver trades: Saric, Pickett, Nnaji, 2031 1st
Denver recives: Goga Bitadze, Bruce Brown ($7M, 3 years)

Orlando trades: Goga Bitadze, #25
Orlando recives: Saric, Pickett, 2031 1st

Pelicans trade: Bruce Brown s&t ($7M, 3 years)
Pelicans recive: Nnaji, #25

After trade our lineups

Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic
Brown/Strawther/Watson/1.FA/Goga
2.FA/3.FA/Tyson/Holmes

1. FA - for TPMLE ($5.6M) - Batum, Nance, Marvin Bagley, Chris Boucher, Al Horford, Precious Achiuwa...
2. FA - vet min - Monte Morris, Dennis Schroeder, Malcolm Brogdon, De'Anthony Melton, Dante Exum...
3. FA - vet min - Justin Holiday, Gary Harris, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic...

there are more options with this. My point is with 2031 1st, very valuable asset packed with expiring contract (Saric, Pickett, Tyson, Watson) we can get nice player and pick to use with Nnaji to try to get something more...

I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

Regarding bruce Brown, he is FA, and Denver can sign him. Problem is we have 1 TPMLE ($5.6M) and vet mins, so I dont' think we can improve our bench siginificaly simpy by signing FAs. We need smarth trades, so if we could get BB with TPMLE I would still try to use Saric's contract for trades to get 1-2 more good bench players.

I like idea of your trade - if we trade MPJ it must be for good players proven contributors on winning teams, and IMO both Klay and Gafford fall into that groop and fill the need. Problem is contracts.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/trade-machine

Money doesn't fit, so Dallas would need to add more salary and that would probobly be Caleb Martin who is on really bad contract. And as skywalker33 already pointed, after Gafford signed his extension, this is off...
Anyway good way of thinking to improve our team

[Wallace_Wallace]

Here is my dream offseason

Denver trades: Saric, Pickett, Nnaji, 2031 1st
Denver recives: Goga Bitadze, Bruce Brown ($7M, 3 years)

Orlando trades: Goga Bitadze, #25
Orlando recives: Saric, Pickett, 2031 1st

Pelicans trade: Bruce Brown s&t ($7M, 3 years)
Pelicans recive: Nnaji, #25

After trade our lineups

Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic
Brown/Strawther/Watson/1.FA/Goga
2.FA/3.FA/Tyson/Holmes

1. FA - for TPMLE ($5.6M) - Batum, Nance, Marvin Bagley, Chris Boucher, Al Horford, Precious Achiuwa...
2. FA - vet min - Monte Morris, Dennis Schroeder, Malcolm Brogdon, De'Anthony Melton, Dante Exum...
3. FA - vet min - Justin Holiday, Gary Harris, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic...

there are more options with this. My point is with 2031 1st, very valuable asset packed with expiring contract (Saric, Pickett, Tyson, Watson) we can get nice player and pick to use with Nnaji to try to get something more...

I believe Bruce Brown is a FA correct? Denver can sign him outright. Here’s a trade I think it would work for Denver:

MPJ for Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
Right now, Dallas has a logjam in the front court with 2 elite big men (AD and Lively); having spacing for AD, Flagg and Irving when he comes back would be good for their future. Meanwhile, Gafford can finally be that backup center Denver desperately needs. Klay Thompson would start alongside Murray for spacing purposes and he would get a lot more open shots with Jokic dishing out assists. I think this would be a win win trade for both teams.

BB is a free agent but it's unknown if DEN can just sign him, he still may get an offer above what we can pay. The fans here would be excited if he resigned here, though.

Your trade is intriguing but Gafford is just about to sign a 3-yr $60M contract with DAL, he would solve our backup C need but a $20M backup is a bit much, don'tcha think ?

Adding Gafford gives an extra layer of physicality that the Nuggets lack against OKC and Minnesota (they’ll likely have trouble retaining their FAs Randle & Reid). Western playoff teams don’t have shooters at all five positions anymore (besides the Warriors, but their core is aging). OKC, Houston, Minnesota, Lakers have size and tenacity advantage over Denver. At times, playing a frontcourt of Gordon/Gafford/Jokic with Watson/Braun being cutters provides a bully ball strategy that I don’t recall the Nuggets having.

Last but not least, Gafford will play 20-25 minutes in backup/center position, keeping Jokic and Gordon, the two important players, fresher in the playoff.

Ideally, having Bruce Brown as a trusted backup and another back big man would do (Watson and Strawther should also get more minutes next season as well). If Denver can find a player that can allow Gordon and Jokic to rest and play 33 minutes or so in the regular season, they’ll be a lot dangerous regardless of seeding.

[skywalker33]

One of the players I could see the Nuggets signing is G/F Gary Trent. He's got some defensive chops, shoots 41% from 3 and has some versatility to his game. He's 3-yrs younger than Bruce and I think he could thrive with Jokic and help out this bench. He's had quite a few scoring outputs as well which wouldn't hurt.

[psimanic1]

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

[psimanic1]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

[BelgradeNugget]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

Link doesn't work for me. Try with fanspo or sportac. Anyway I like your offseason ideas

[skywalker33]

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

Solid defensive backup lineup but not a lot of scoring between Morris, Watson and Plumlee. That'd leave the scoring on Brown (who hasn't averaged double-digits since he left here) and Holmes ( an unknown rookie coming off an injury). Strawther MAY put up some pts but you already have him as your 11th man, does he see more than garbage time ?

[NuggetsWY]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

Is it just this old man not understanding how to look at that trade?
But when I click on it, it just takes me to the ESPN Trade Machine page.

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

I've always liked Plumlee and Monte. I'd be shocked if we could get either one, much less both. Then to get Brown too ... I'm dreaming.

[BelgradeNugget]

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

Solid defensive backup lineup but not a lot of scoring between Morris, Watson and Plumlee. That'd leave the scoring on Brown (who hasn't averaged double-digits since he left here) and Holmes ( an unknown rookie coming off an injury). Strawther MAY put up some pts but you already have him as your 11th man, does he see more than garbage time ?

Malone is not our coach any more. He used to play all-bench or stager 1 starter, lineups. I hope Adelman will mix more starters and bench players.
Here is simplefied idea. Split game into 3/3, or 16 mins+16mins+16mins. Use 3 basic lineup

Lineup 1 - starters - 16 min
Murray/Braun/MPJ/AG/Jokic

Lineup 2 - 16 min
Murray/Brown/Strawther/AG/Plumlee

Brown, AG, Plumlee - defense
Murray, Strawther, AG (Brown) - shooting
Murray, Brown, AG - playmaking
Murray, AG (Brown, Strawther) - scoring

Lineup 3 - 16 min
Monte/Braun/MPJ/Watson/Jokic

Braun, Watson (Jokic) - defense
Monte, MPJ, Jokic (Braun) - shooting
Monte, Jokic (Braun) - playmaking
MPJ, Jokic, Braun - scoring

In this simplefied idea every starter plays 32 minutes, every backup 16 (of course coach should mix it a little bit more to give more minutes to Brown, Watson...)
I think these 3 lineups are pretty balanced defense/offense/scoring/shooting/playmaking

[BelgradeNugget]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

Is it just this old man not understanding how to look at that trade?
But when I click on it, it just takes me to the ESPN Trade Machine page.

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

I've always liked Plumlee and Monte. I'd be shocked if we could get either one, much less both. Then to get Brown too ... I'm dreaming.

In dunksandthrees EPM advanced stat Estimated +/-, Defense, at number 25 there is certen player who could be good for our deep bench

https://dunksandthrees.com/epm/actual

He is not as good as before due to injuries but it looks like he can still play defense. Maybe you know him Gary "Gary Harris" Harris
Bring the band together

[psimanic1]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

Is it just this old man not understanding how to look at that trade?
But when I click on it, it just takes me to the ESPN Trade Machine page.

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

I've always liked Plumlee and Monte. I'd be shocked if we could get either one, much less both. Then to get Brown too ... I'm dreaming.

link is broken for some weird reason, it's like
Derozan, Monk, Valanciunas for MPJ, NNaji, Saric, Watson, Strawther any Hunter

[BelgradeNugget]

Would you guys do this deal?
https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=2xlbfnoh

And try to sign Bruce... xD

Is it just this old man not understanding how to look at that trade?
But when I click on it, it just takes me to the ESPN Trade Machine page.

If we could trade something to NOP for Bruce, just so we have more flexibility, sign Plumlee and Monote, I think we are on a good track tbh, even without trading MPJ...I would not hurry to trade him unless there is someone really wanting to leave their team and we can somehow get him, like Brown from BOS if it comes to that and we need to send MPJ and Braun for example...

Murray, Monte
Braun, Bruce, Strawther
MPJ, Watson
Gordon, Holmes
Jokic, Plumlee is nice team we can count on tbh...would be nice to get one more player that can play as a spark from 2-3 and plays defense, like Batum, but that would be too much to ask from our FO, if they sign Bruce and capable backup C that's already too much feels like xD

I've always liked Plumlee and Monte. I'd be shocked if we could get either one, much less both. Then to get Brown too ... I'm dreaming.

link is broken for some weird reason, it's like
Derozan, Monk, Valanciunas for MPJ, NNaji, Saric, Watson, Strawther any Hunter

I really don't like DeRozan. Wherever he went he made his team worst. It has to do something with the way he plays - ball stoper trying to go to the free throw line. Or long 2 shooter. For the Nuggets and the way we play, role on the team, MPJ>>>DeRozan. It's just my opinnion.
Monk is OK would like to have him on our bench. As far as big Val I would like to have more defensive minded backup C, but he wouldn't be bad solution anyway.

[psimanic1]

One more option, but we would probably need to include 2031 1st, and still not sure they accept it...
MPJ, Nnaji, Watson for Collins, Kesler and Clarkson...works with contracts after Collins just accepted his PO