It’s missing your draft pick atm. Minimum salary is just over 3mil for late firsts. It’s also only 12 players with the pick and the minimum roster size is 14, so even with minimums you’re effectively over the apron.

Yeah this is what is bothering me about the FO decision to extend Braun early. You’re telling me that Peyton didn’t showcase his improved handle and shooting in training camp? He had to of showed flashes of improvement while CB remained the cutter and nothing more.

Yeah people keep saying this but I can’t find a source for it. I get not being able to trade him this season “poison pill” but next November? Why? He signed the contract extension in October.

Son of a bitch, you’re right. Might be the move considering Peyton is 23.

Having the conversation because Peyton has improved so much this year. He can defend as well as Braun but has developed an offensive game that Braun has not. CB is a simply a cutter with an unreliable 3 ball. And while AG is our best defender, he hasn’t been able to stay healthy and is getting older.

Spencer jones is also a great find. Though I think Booth had no hand in getting Jones?

He picked older college players because they’d be more ready physically and mentally for the nba game. Top 10 picks aren’t expected to be ready bc they’re being drafted on their ceiling/potential, which is much higher than the 23 year old college senior

Man as a big UD guy i was so hyped for holmes, that injury sucked so bad

calvin booth specifically said he picked those guys because they wanted them to ready to contribute right now.

https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/inside-the-vision-behind-calvin-booths-2023-nba-draft-process

why would holmes pick likely be justified? he looks nothing like a nba player right now. i dont know what u are basing this on.

booth also evaluated nnaji and thought it was fair to give him a 4 yr deal with a player option.

Theres definitely a lot of variance, his numbers fluctuated a lot over the years, but we’ve Aaron Gordon becoming a genuinely elite 3 point threat, and the nuggets are the best 3 point shooting team in the league. I’m partially inclined to believe that the nuggets shooting coach is really good at his job and the increase in minutes and usage has helped watson improve his offensive game and confidence.

He shot 44% from the corners last season, he’s elite from there it’s just his above the break 3s that he struggles with (23.7% on 59 attempts last season, and 26.8% on 56 so far this year. He’s shooting over 50% on corner 3s this year)

Yeah but he’s still 23, he could be making a leap but we wont know until next season

If he shoots 35%! From deep and stops being afraid to finish at the rim, he’d be quite a good player

If he was a 12-15pt guy Denver would be happy

ok? playing with big yolk gives him them looks. so hes making what hes supposed to be making.

Yeah that’s fair, I ended up reading his draft profile and it’s basically exactly what you said

Athleticism, good build and defensive potential

Cos the main mod is a power tripping bitch who thinks he’s right about everything. I got shadowbanned by him cos he kept talking nonsense and got in his feelings when I called it out.

I said it specifically to let nuggets sub fans read it because of why I was banned

I have the exact comment I was banned for pinned in the chat with mods and it is word for word what I quoted to you, I can even send you the link to the comment to prove it.

My point was to say that because I would love to be unbanned for such a tame comment but I have no power to go against the mods because what they say goes. I love talking with everybody in the game threads and now I am unable to.

https://np.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/s/h2Rwts609V

Love him but he values (and rightfully so) the biggest deal he can get.

Lakers can offer him 25+ million

If one team is offering you significantly more money, you’re going to take it. You can’t predict injuries. Look at oladipo

Because Denver cannot pay him.