Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 3 · 7 d ago

Nuggets Notes: Braun, S. Jones, Nembhard, Simpson, More

Reported by Vinny BenedettoRead the original report ↗

Head coach David Adelman said he hoped the Nuggets would add more ball-handling to their roster in May, after they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Rather than relying on external additions, they want Christian Braun to help Jamal Murray in that department, writes Vinny Benedetto of The Denver Gazette. “It’s more […]

Confidence

42%

Reporter starting tier	50	1 call on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−8	7 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Jamal Murray

Nuggets · G · 25.4 pts · 4.4 reb · 7.1 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $50.11M · next season $53.82M

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

$221.1M · above the first apron · 14 contracts · cap sheet

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