𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺: Nuggets have "rebuffed several trade offers" for Cam Johnson, per @TheSteinLine & @JakeLFischer
"This is not a team that has been operating in recent days with a determination to stay below the second apron..."
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Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Denver Nuggets, sources tell ESPN. Jones played a reserve role after joining Denver on the buyout market last season, and enters his 12th NBA season as his agent Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management completes an agreement with Nuggets officials.
Free agent center Marvin Bagley III has agreed to a one-year deal with the Denver Nuggets, sources tell ESPN. A critical frontcourt addition for the Nuggets.
BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
The Denver Nuggets have indeed engaged in trade conversations with the Boston Celtics centered around a framework involving Jamal Murray and Jaylen Brown, with additional pieces discussed as part of the deal, league sources tell @TheConsensusNBA.
WOAH: Nikola Jokic might not sign his contract extension with Denver this summer, which would open the possibility of him becoming a free agent in 2027, per @TheSteinLine & @JakeLFischer.
Just in: Oklahoma City's Isaiah Hartenstein intends to sign a new three-year contract to return to the Thunder through 2028-29 that brings his total earnings with the franchise at five years and $134 million guaranteed, sources tell ESPN. A key signing in 2024 leading to the 2025 championship, Thunder lock in the defensive anchor.
The Nuggets are expected to offer Peyton Watson ‘somewhere north of $28-30 million per year’ to try and keep him in Denver
“It’s gonna be a big contract for Peyton Watson, but in order to do so they’re gonna have to free some cap room. So it will be Christian Braun, it will be Cam Johnson, maybe Aaron Gordon traded from the Denver Nuggets. They got some moves to make in Denver…”
(via @BrettSiegelNBA)
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.