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Nuggets Have 'No Choice But Trust' Nikola Jokic On Re-Signing In 2027

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Nikola Jokic plans to wait until unrestricted free agency in 2027 to resolve his contract status, leaving the Denver Nuggets to manage that uncertainty over the next year. Nuggets general manager Jon Wallace addressed the situation directly. "We feel confident," said Wallace on ESPN's Summer League broadcast via Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. "We trust him. We've got no choice but to." Jokic can sign a four-year, $278 million contract with Denver this offseason. Waiting until 2027 would ...

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Nuggets Sign Trevon Brazile To Standard Contract

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The Nuggets have signed Trevon Brazile to a standard contract, per the NBA’s official transaction log. The news doesn’t come as a surprise — vice president of basketball operations Ben Tenzer suggested shortly after June’s draft that Brazile would be on the standard roster. The 23-year-old likely received the rookie minimum ($1.36MM) in 2026/27 as […]

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Trail Blazers Claim Micah Potter Off Waivers

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The Trail Blazers have claimed former Pacers big man Micah Potter off the waiver wire, according to the NBA’s official transaction log. Indiana released Potter on Wednesday to make room beneath its first-apron hard cap to sign veteran forward/center Larry Nance Jr. Following stints with Detroit and Utah, Potter appeared in a career-high 47 games […]

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Nets Waive Malachi Smith

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The Nets have waived Malachi Smith, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Brooklyn exercised its minimum-salary team option on Smith at the end of June, but his contract was non-guaranteed, so the Nets won’t incur a cap charge by releasing him. Smith, who went undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023, has spent most […]

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