Shams: Kings Trade Jonas Valunciunas to the Nuggets for Dario Saric; *UPDATE* - Trade is Now Official

[Anticon]

Will be great to see JV make it past the play-in again.

[Woodsanity]

don’t ever question Denver ownership again

They should have fired that clown Calvin Booth earlier. What a waste of time.

[LeBronSpaghetti]

Valanciunas gives that bench an actual option at having some sort of identity. He still changes the game when he's out there on the court with how much of a constant threat he is near the basket. He's improved his shooting and passing enough over the years where he doesn't have to be near the hoop all the time either. Murray/Valanciunas screening action should be enough to beat up most bench units.

I don't love that you can't play Val and Jokic together, but overall this is a really great move.

That’s the part I don’t like about this move and why I wish they’d gotten Horford instead. How many minutes will Val play in the playoffs, like 5 per game? Horford would’ve fit so well with or without Jokic on the floor.

[Woodsanity]

No Malone, no Booth and the team flourishes.

Trash gm and mediocre coach that are lucky they had Jokic.

[Sharkboy242]

Nuggets are so freaking back!

We got Jonas for nothing.

[og15]

Denver having an A+ offseason

Getting off MPJ's albatross contract is a big win in it's own right. Cam Johnson is a great addition

no picks this draft but they did sign Curtis Johnson whom i think is an NBA caliber player that fits a big need

Jonas for Saric who never really got a chance and was unplayable when he did is pretty sick, especially seeing how the backup C issue has been mindboggling for all of Jokic's prime basically

Bruce Brown will slide back naturally to his 6th man role and they still have their MLE to use

Nuggets gonna be a problem next season...

What were their other Gm's doing these last couple of years? seems it isn't that hard after all to make a few much needed moves

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Timing is a factor in all these things too, sometimes you just have to wait for the right moves to be available, then you make them.

[Chuck Everett]

Who is Nuggets GM now anyway?

Technically nobody but it’s Jon Wallace making these moves. He was with the T Wolves front office most recently.

Ben Tenzer was officially given the job last week, but before that was the interim when Calvin was fired and used to run their G-League team. Wallace works under Ben.

As for questions why they didn't make moves like this before, Josh Kroenke obviously wouldn't let the front office trade Michael Porter Jr to do it. Whether that's because of Missouri connection or what, only Josh knows.

Great offseason for Nuggets.

[og15]

Valanciunas gives that bench an actual option at having some sort of identity. He still changes the game when he's out there on the court with how much of a constant threat he is near the basket. He's improved his shooting and passing enough over the years where he doesn't have to be near the hoop all the time either. Murray/Valanciunas screening action should be enough to beat up most bench units.

I don't love that you can't play Val and Jokic together, but overall this is a really great move.

That’s the part I don’t like about this move and why I wish they’d gotten Horford instead. How many minutes will Val play in the playoffs, like 5 per game? Horford would’ve fit so well with or without Jokic on the floor.

Meh, depending on the matchup you can squeeze a couple of minutes with both, but yes, you're going to have like 10-12 mpg available

[cupcakesnake]

Valanciunas gives that bench an actual option at having some sort of identity. He still changes the game when he's out there on the court with how much of a constant threat he is near the basket. He's improved his shooting and passing enough over the years where he doesn't have to be near the hoop all the time either. Murray/Valanciunas screening action should be enough to beat up most bench units.

I don't love that you can't play Val and Jokic together, but overall this is a really great move.

That’s the part I don’t like about this move and why I wish they’d gotten Horford instead. How many minutes will Val play in the playoffs, like 5 per game? Horford would’ve fit so well with or without Jokic on the floor.

Horford is almost 40. I freaking LOVE Horford, but he's not someone a front office can sign and feel great about him definitely being healthy in the playoffs. Guys that old are bonus characters. Relying on them is playing a risky lottery.

Yes. Valanciunas is probably playing 8-10 minutes in the playoffs if all goes well. That's fine. He's replacing Deandre Jordan (5mpg in 7 playoff games), possibly Zeke Nnaji (5.7mpg in 6 playoff games). Val isn't being brought in to do more than that in an ideal situation. He gives them someone that can approximate some Jokic post play and DHO stuff if Jokic gets in foul trouble. It's a nice dimension.

[scrabbarista]

Sweet!

If I get a HOU-DEN WCF, I hope i can afford (good) tickets.

[Ambrose]

Valanciunas gives that bench an actual option at having some sort of identity. He still changes the game when he's out there on the court with how much of a constant threat he is near the basket. He's improved his shooting and passing enough over the years where he doesn't have to be near the hoop all the time either. Murray/Valanciunas screening action should be enough to beat up most bench units.

I don't love that you can't play Val and Jokic together, but overall this is a really great move.

That’s the part I don’t like about this move and why I wish they’d gotten Horford instead. How many minutes will Val play in the playoffs, like 5 per game? Horford would’ve fit so well with or without Jokic on the floor.

Just having a viable option when Jokic is off is a huge win. 5 mins of rest is more than he got in half the OKC games

[HotRocks34]

Two days of free agency demonstrated why Booth had to be fired.

[davidv2001]

Really good move for Denver. The top of the West will be quite the battle between Oklahoma City, Denver, Houston and Minnesota.

[Exp0sed]

Apparently Kings want to make room for rookie Maxime to back up Sabonis.

That's fine, you wanna tell me a team like the Lakers or even the Hornets or any team with a need for a backup big wouldn't have coughed up more than a Dario Saric salary dump?

I doubt that..



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[Deathray]

Who is Nuggets GM now anyway?

Technically nobody but it’s Jon Wallace making these moves. He was with the T Wolves front office most recently.

A move like this that involved relationships with other teams and negotiations was probably Tenzer.

[Zukkoyaki]

Denver with a bench is going to be a problem.

[ball_takes23]

Nuggets right up there with OKC and HOU now imo. Love this move for them.

they are a clear step above houston whose best player is probably a 37 year old KD. in the west its

okc

denver

and then about 5 other teams including houston

[kan_t]

Valanciunas gives that bench an actual option at having some sort of identity. He still changes the game when he's out there on the court with how much of a constant threat he is near the basket. He's improved his shooting and passing enough over the years where he doesn't have to be near the hoop all the time either. Murray/Valanciunas screening action should be enough to beat up most bench units.

I don't love that you can't play Val and Jokic together, but overall this is a really great move.

That’s the part I don’t like about this move and why I wish they’d gotten Horford instead. How many minutes will Val play in the playoffs, like 5 per game? Horford would’ve fit so well with or without Jokic on the floor.

The bar is so low that it's really hard not to be an big upgrade. DAJ and Nnaji combined to play 10 mins per game in last season playoff.

[Inspektor1312]

Thats a GM.

CAM; Valanciunas and Bruce Brown.

And Denver got rid of SARIC and MPJ contracts!

Legendary.

And they have space for one more mid player I believe.

Absolutely amazing. They did more in the past couple of days than what Booth did in the past few years.
Letćs **** go!

[Ben-N1ce]

Denver is having a great offseason.