another nuggets trade idea

[shrink]

This isn't a "bad deal" for Denver. Nene is an unrestricted free agent and wants more money than Denver wants to pay him. Afflalo is a RFA and, while a solid enough rotation player, nothing special. Wes Johnson on his rookie deal has more value than Aflallo and Nene is walking for nothing. So this is basically Denver getting value for nothing as they don't want to pay either of those players what they will make in free agency.

Afflalo essentially is the Nuggets only shooting guard, so I can't imagine him being traded especially considering that he's RFA. There are tons of teams that are willing to trade for Nene and Afflalo who can create a nicer package, and no guarantee that Nene even wants to play in Minnesota.

The number of teams that want to trade for Nene decreases as his salary rises.

Simultaneously, his trade value drops precipitously since he's a free agent.

[cpfsf]

I agree with everything you said, but Nene is arguably the best free agent this summer, he does have a say in where he goes, and Minnesota is not the only team with assets and cap space. Could it be enough to seal the deal? Maybe, but Minnesota won't be the only team pushing for Nene and Afflalo.

[Peezo]

but Minnesota won't be the only team pushing for Nene and Afflalo.

I think this is dead-on. Lots of teams would would add a valuable quasi-role player like Afflalo and Nene is arguable the biggest FA available. None of the pieces we mention have very high trade value right now either.