Trade Radar · open rumor · Monday, September 7 · 15 h ago
More Details On Peyton Watson’s Departure From Nuggets
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The first sign that Peyton Watson might eventually part ways with the Nuggets came last October, when the team prioritized signing Christian Braun to a five-year, $125MM rookie scale extension and bypassed a rookie scale deal with Watson, as Bennett Durando of The Denver Post details. Braun was the far more proven player through three […]
Confidence
45%
| Reporter starting tier | 45 | unattributed report |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −0 | 1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
Peyton Watson
Cavaliers · G · 14.6 pts · 4.9 reb · 2.1 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $20.47M · next season $21.49M
Christian Braun
Nuggets · G · 12.0 pts · 4.8 reb · 2.7 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $21.55M · next season $23.28M
Denver Nuggets
$215.3M · above the first apron · 12 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Peyton Watson → Nuggets
Send out at least $20.47M
The Nuggets are above the first apron, so to take on $20.47M they need to send out at least as much (100%, no cushion above the first apron).
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