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Trade Radar · open rumor · Sunday, October 18 · 3 d ago

Injury Updates: S. Jones, Dybantsa, Kennard, Heat, Magic

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Nuggets forward Spencer Jones told reporters — including Bennett Durando of The Denver Post (Twitter link) — on Sunday that he’s on track to play in Thursday’s regular season opener at Oklahoma City. Jones tweaked his hamstring during training camp at the beginning of the month and subsequently underwent an MRI, which revealed a strain. […]

Confidence
42%
Reporter starting tier45unattributed report
Corroboration+0nobody else has reported this yet
Age−33 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
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Who it involves
21
Spencer Jones
Nuggets · F · 5.5 pts · 3.3 reb · 0.8 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $6.00M · next season $5.75M
Denver Nuggets
$217.8M · above the first apron · 13 contracts · cap sheet
Miami Heat
$206.9M · in the tax · 14 contracts · cap sheet
Orlando Magic
$218.1M · above the first apron · 14 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

Build it in the Trade Machine →
Spencer Jones → Heat
Send out at least $2.88M
The Heat are in the tax, so to take on $6.00M they need to send out $2.88M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Spencer Jones → Magic
Send out at least $6.00M
The Magic are above the first apron, so to take on $6.00M they need to send out at least as much (100%, no cushion above the first apron).

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