Miroslav Cuk

Okay, this is the moment I want to call everybody who hasn't read already your great primer on the Nuggets trade deadline. Just go follow Jake at DStatsquatch on Twitter and you will see the pinned tweet with the primer. It's

Det är inte så stort som några av dina andra primärer, så det är ännu mer digestibelt. Även om jag alltid upptäckte det långa och djupa stödet du gjorde tidigare. Men om du inte är intresserad av att läsa, så kan du få denna digest i de nästa 30 minuterna.

Så, let's start with the fact that the Nuggets seem to be delaying the conversion of Spencer Jones' contract from a two-way to a full roster spot. And I understand it has kept implications that they are determined to stay under the luxury tax line, or at least we think so, and that converting Spencer earlier means more money on the books. I wouldn't be

completely fine with it even if everybody were healthy right now and Spencer was their ninth or tenth most important player on the roster but in the current situation where so many of the main guys are still out

It makes me very nervous that they are even considering losing Spencer to an X amount of games due to penny pinching. I'm asking you as a fan and you choose which perspective you want to use for your answer. Why should or shouldn't I play ball with this kind of approach with Spencer Jones' contract? Yeah, I think...

What kind of deal would you expect him to get from the Nuggets when he is finally signed? And we hope he's going to be signed. Would it be like a minimum exception until the end of the season? Or is it more usual league-wide to try to get a piece of their MLE exception and just sign him to a multi-year deal possibly with some team options at the end of it?

I would be happy because what we've seen so far from Spencer Jones and especially last night. Last night he had some crazy hustle plays. Like some real winning plays against some really good players on the other side of the court. So kudos to Spencer for everything he did.

Honom i den senaste säsongen också. Varje gång han fick möjlighet att spela i den senaste säsongen såg han mycket av basketball IQ och gjorde sin roll riktigt bra. Den här säsongen började han i fler spel än Christian Brown, än Aaron Gordon, än Cam Johnson.

He's been there and he's been good. Even though when you look at his box score it's like two points, five points, four rebounds. He's not a box score guy. He's a guy that does the invisible stuff or actually stuff that's only visible on tape. Yeah, no I totally agree. And the amount of money that he could get with this type of deal

Ja, jag förstår. Nu går vi till Peyton Watson, som jag gjorde en Freudenslip för några minuter sedan. Vilka är fördelarna när det gäller hans situation? Vilka är fördelarna när det gäller att handla med honom nu, jämfört med att vänta på sin restriktade fri agent? Inte att någon faktiskt tänker på det. Vi måste bara utforska alla fördelarna.

En annan sak som jag ser online som folk är förvånade med, det är för att CBA är väldigt komplext och du verkligen behöver vara i gränserna för att förstå något. Behöver Nuggets göra någon typ av stor behov?

to help themselves retain Payton in free agency in July. I mean a big move today. Can you possibly see a scenario where his free agency or alternatively, can you see a scenario where his free agency drags for a long time like Jonathan Kamingas last summer? Yeah, I could see that pretty easily. I don't know if it'll go quite as long as Kamingas did, but

Okej, ja, det är det som gör det. Låt oss nu gå till de ämnena som Nuggets har utanför deras spelare och deras kontrakter. Nuggets har inga pickar att handla i de nästa fem dagarna, förutom den 20-32 andra round pick och den första round pick swaps i 20-28, 30-32, är jag rätt? Ja, 26, 28, 30 och 31.

Okej, 30 och 31. Okej, så vilka andra smärta kan de använda nära deras aktuella spelare för att handla för en annan man på en utsläppsavtal för framtida kapseln? Eller bara för att handla en man bort för ett substansiellt ingenting som en 55-protekterad tredje roundpick, bara för att få en lösning i kapseln?

You mentioned Noav only just now. He's a Nuggets legend so put some respect to his name. I don't know if he actually played in any games but he's been on the roster from the trade deadline up until the end of the season I remember. That huge deal with Wancho and

Malik Beasley och en första round pick någonstans i distancen som Nuggets fick för dem. Jag tror det var Zeke Nagy, om jag minns rätt. Okej, okej. Nuggets legend Zeke Nagy, det här är hans sjätte säsong med ett team där inte många spelare har gått så långt.

Okay, let's now explore the four trade scenarios you created for your trade deadline primer. First, and I have made a little presentation of it. It's actually just a screenshot from your primer. I hope you don't mind that. So, first, Zeke Nagy and his...

8,2 miljoner dollar kontrakt this season and two more similar years going forward plus a 2028 first round pick swap for 10 million worth expiring deal of Lonzo Ball and then you said

This is a mock trade if luxury tax did not matter and who knows maybe it doesn't even though we think it does. This deal adds salary to the Nuggets cap sheet this season taking them above the luxury line for sure unless there is at least one more move following to get off some money but it actually clears the books from Zeke's contract in next two seasons.

It's a long shot lottery ticket. Let's go to the second scenario and this one you called because the luxury tax does matter. Denver acquires a top 55 protected future second round pick so basically Denver doesn't get anything but according to the rules they have to have something written on a piece of paper to finish the deal and Utah acquires Hunter Tyson