Denver Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth listens during the team’s end-of-year press conference at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
The disconnect between the front office and the coach’s vision for Nnaji is haunting at a time when the team desperately needs flexibility. The Nuggets are expected to agree to a four-year, $209 million max contract extension this offseason with Jamal Murray. The moving of puzzle pieces makes it seem like a trade is in the works. Maybe, it is something small, like a better backup point guard or center who can provide points for the scoring-starved second unit.
No team fits Klay Thompson better than the Nuggets. I am not sure a path exists to sign him given his contract demands. But that’s a call the Nuggets must make even if it is a half-court shot.