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Nuggets Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 22

Reese Dixon-Waters Leaves the Denver Nuggets Roster

Denver NuggetsOff the roster
Reese Dixon-Waters
G · 24 · rookie
The move
Leaves the Nuggets
official roster · Sep 22, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Nuggets payroll
$221.1M
above the first apron · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
19 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Nuggets Nightly Desk · 3 h ago

Reese Dixon-Waters is off the Denver Nuggets roster as of the official roster check on Tuesday, September 22. No report had flagged the move beforehand.

The move

Reese Dixon-Waters, a 24-year-old rookie guard, is no longer on the Nuggets roster, per the official roster as of Tuesday, September 22. No report had preceded the move in the injury log, so the exit was picked up directly from the roster rather than flagged in advance by any source.

The money

Dixon-Waters' contract status is not on file yet, since public salary data can lag a signing or move by a day. Denver carries a payroll of $221.1 million across 14 contracts for 2026-27, over the first apron. The cap sits at $165.0 million, the tax line at $200.4 million, the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million.

The fit

Dixon-Waters has no NBA line from last season. Denver's backcourt minutes last season were led by Jamal Murray at 35.4 minutes and 25.4 points, with Christian Braun at 31.8 minutes and 12.0 points and Bruce Brown at 24.4 minutes and 7.9 points. The Nuggets now list 19 players on the roster, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

Why is Reese Dixon-Waters off the Nuggets roster?

The move is not announced. It was detected from the official roster on Tuesday, September 22, and no report had preceded it.

Does Dixon-Waters have a new contract on file?

Not yet. Public salary data can lag a signing by a day, so his contract terms are not on file.

By the Nuggets Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Nuggets rotation

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Jamal Murray35.4 min · 25.4 pts
Nikola Jokić34.8 min · 27.7 pts
Christian Braun31.8 min · 12.0 pts
DeMar DeRozan31.2 min · 18.4 pts
Cameron Johnson30.5 min · 12.2 pts
Aaron Gordon27.9 min · 16.2 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.