The Kroenkes wanted a cheaper roster. Which meant the Nuggets had to get worse.
In the climax of a tortuously slow offseason, Denver’s top priority cost them Peyton Watson—not Cam Johnson or Aaron Gordon—who is headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a 2031 first-round pick and a 2032 second-rounder.
Reasonable minds can disagree on the value of that return, as reasonable minds seem to disagree on the value of Watson to begin with. But before we can even assess the trade in a vacuum, let’s give words to what cannot go unsaid.
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