Jokic is about to wake up laughing in his dreams, the Nuggets are revived by the Nets, and the four new players fill the team s shortcomings
6:50pm, 4 July 2025Basketball
Recently, the NBA's free trading market has officially opened. Last season, the Nuggets, who experienced two consecutive tiebreaks in the playoffs, made very quick and active moves. They solved the team's problems in just a few days and returned to the ranks of championships.
The Nuggets' strength is definitely at the championship level. If it weren't for the consumption of too much with the Clippers in the first round, the Thunder would not have entered the finals so easily. As the small-sized market, the Nuggets are facing the problem of salary pressure. With a superstar like Jokic, who is currently the top two in the league, the Nuggets do not have much room and time to try and make mistakes. Porter Jr.'s salary and status are bound to be traded. Fortunately, the Nets solved this problem at this time. The Nuggets exchanged Cameron Johnson with just one first round plus Porter Jr., getting rid of Porter Jr.'s annual salary of nearly 40 million yuan and getting 10 million yuan in trading space.
It is this money that allows the Nuggets to use their basic salary to get the signing rights between Brown and Hardaway Jr. Brown is an old player of the Nuggets and a hero to win the championship that year. After going around in a big contract, he returned to the Nuggets. After all, he has his most comfortable playing method. Brown's arrival can increase the tactics of empty cuts and fixed-point shooting from the outside, and it almost doesn't need to be run-in. Hardaway Jr. averages about 11 points per game with the Pistons, which is definitely a sharp attacking sword on the bench and can greatly improve the Nuggets' weakness of insufficient attacking ability on the bench.
In addition, the Nuggets exchanged Saric single for the Kings' starting center Valancius. Saric had almost no chance of performing in the Nuggets last season, and the only advantage was that it was cheap. But Valan is indeed a very practical big center. Although he is a little slow, he has good skills on the offensive end and has the ability to score 3 points on the outside, which can make up for Jokic's inside problem after the game. So. The Nuggets, who were originally in a dilemma, instantly revitalized their lineup, not only saving luxury taxes, but also getting very practical and cheap new players.
What I need to thank the most is the help of the Nets, who took over Porter Jr., and also thanked Gordon for his early renewal of the contract and received nearly 10 million US dollars less, which gave the team more choices. Jokic really woke up from laughing in his dreams, and he would also have the energy to fight for the next championship trophy in the next two seasons.
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