Give up Westbrook! The Nuggets traded 3 for 2 is reached! Change the entire western pattern

On July 2, the free market has been opened for more than 30 hours. Westbrook, Paul, Ayton, Simmons and others are still free agents. Westbrook gave up the $3.5 million player option next season and undoed the Nuggets on social media. The Kings, who are interested in Westbrook, signed Schroeder with $45 million in three years and three years.

Westbrook will not return to the Nuggets. After the free market opened, the Nuggets signed Bruce Brown and Hardaway Jr. Two more transactions were made, Porter Jr. and Saric were cleaned up, and Teacher Joe also had substitutes. In addition, the Nuggets also hired JJ Barrea as David Adelman's assistant coach. A mountain in Puerto Rico is back!

Today we will mainly talk about the Nuggets' transactions and signings: 1. The Nuggets sent Saric to the Kings, and 1 for 1 for Valanciunas, and finally got a reliable substitute for Teacher Joe; 2. The Nuggets sent Michael Porter Jr. and the unprotected first round to the Nets in exchange for Cameron Johnson. The Nuggets are equivalent to 3 for 2, and they get two combat power!

Potter Jr.'s salary in the next two years will be $38.33 million and $40.81 million respectively; Johnson's salary in the next two years will be $20.54 million and $22.5 million. The Nets have enough room to eat Porter Jr.'s contract to help the Nuggets reduce salary pressure. Saric has $5.4 million left in his contract, and Valan has $20.4 million left in two years.

Valan will pay $5 million more than Salichi next season, which is why the Kings agreed to trade with the Nuggets. Overall, Valan + Johnson's salary next season is $12.79 million less than Porter Jr. and Salic. The Nuggets signed Bruce Brown and Hardaway Jr. on the basic salary contract, and the team still retained the full middle class of $14.1 million.

Nuggets will use this full middle class to sign a substitute point guard. In addition to Paul and Westbrook, currently the point guards in the free market are Brogden, Exam, Melton, etc. Nuggets reporter Ryan Blackburn wrote: "Westbrook really bid farewell to the Nuggets because he doesn't match the rhythm of Valan."

Paul mainly wants to go back to Los Angeles to play, so he may not necessarily consider the Nuggets. Let’s take a look at the data of several new players in the Nuggets. In the 2024-25 season, Cameron Johnson played 57 regular season games with the Nets, averaging 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.7 turnovers, with three shooting percentages: 47.5%, 39%, 89.3%.

Valan played a total of 81 regular season games with the Wizards and the Kings last season, and his attendance rate was quite high. He averaged 18.8 minutes per game, scored 10.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2 assists, and shot 55% from the field. Hardaway Jr. averaged 11 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game with the Pistons last season, with three shooting percentages: 40.6%, 36.8%, and 85.5%.

Jelle Hardaway last contracted $75 million for four years, and now accepts basic salary, which is surprising. Bruce Brown's last contract was $45 million for two years and expired this summer. Last season, Brown played 41 regular season games with the Raptors and Pelicans, averaging 8.3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, with three shooting percentages: 42.1%, 33.3%, and 81.5%.

This offseason, the Rockets and the Nuggets will strengthen wildly, and the Western Conference will be even more chaotic next season! With the current lineup, the Thunder, Nuggets and Rockets, who do you think is the strongest?