J.E. Skeets

At that time, Brown was ahead of Watson.

He was a starter on the championship team.

He regressed a little bit this year, whereas Watson took a step forward.

It's bad for the Nuggets to lose him, but I'm not totally sure that they will match if an offer gets really, really high because I think Peyton Watson, like at worst, he's the third best restricted free agent.

Like during number one,

I've got Eason number two, but Watson's right there with Eason just ahead of probably Kessler and Matherin in my books.

So I wonder if a team could steal this guy because he's helpful around stars, playing defense and being like a third score if you need him to.

Yeah, a couple things to add to that.

Nuggets are $18 million over the luxury tax, $2.2 million above the second apron.

And like Trey said, this is a franchise that like to try and keep the books clean.

Bontemps, our guy,

doesn't do just weather reports.

He said that the Nuggets may need to move Cameron Johnson or Christian Brown to create enough room to pay Watson in the, you know, salary range that he might be looking at.

And I'm excited to see what this guy gets because you guys are right.

Like,

It was pretty obvious early, oh, the guy's an elite defensive player.

I mean, he's got the length, the athleticism, he tries hard.

But it was always going to be, eh, but is he going to have enough offense to match that?

And he did show that, I thought.

Like you said, 41% from three, averaged about 15 points before the injury and all that.