If it’s a choice between Russell Westbrok and Bruce Brown to be the Nuggets’ sixth man in ’25-26, that’s not much of a debate.
DENVER, CO – JANUARY 9: Russell Westbrook of the Los Angeles Lakers gets bodied by Bruce Brown of the Denver Nuggets during the fourth quarter of Denver’s 122-109 win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, January 9, 2023.
decline his player option ahead of free agency this summer Now, the Grading The Week gang has never claimed to be the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to the calculus of NBA contracts. But we also understand that there are a ton of creative ways the Nuggets, under the current collective bargaining agreement, can get Westbrook back in Denver blue.estimated that TPLME figures to land at $5.685 million for ’25-26. But as it’s an NBA wrinkle, there’s a catch. The team that uses a TPLME is hard-capped at the league’s second tax apron the rest of the year. Given the pay bumps afforded Michael Porter Jr., Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon, that’s a big yikes. Don’t know about you, but given how tight the Nuggets’ salary cap wiggle room is, we could think of better ways to spend that $5.685 million this summer.If it’s a choice between Bruce Brown and Russ to be the Nuggets’ sixth man in ’25-26, we’ve got to confess — that’s not much of a debate. Team GTW’s been on Team Brucey B since he donned his first cowboy hat in the Mile High City and helped steer the Nuggets to their first NBA title. We also can’t get full-time coach David Adelman’s new mission statement for the Nuggets out of our collective skulls. Among Adelman’s stated goals during his introductory news conference:2. An attack that consistently relies on more than transition buckets.At 36, Westbrook’s still got plenty of tread on his tires, so to speak. But we’re not sure his strengths line up with any of those elements on Adelman’s checklist. At all.Like Tyrese Haliburton’s Pacers, Nuggets were clutch kings this season. Does that mean they should’ve lost more games?Keeler: Nuggets-Thunder series was fool’s gold. Nikola Jokic needs new GM to shake things up Nobody runs hot and cold the way Russ does. In 13 playoff appearances for the Nuggets this past spring, Westbrook scored 14 or more points in seven of them and eight or fewer in the other six. Westbrook connected on a rate of 42% or better from the floor in six games, and under 30% in another five. Now, when it comes to building a bench, we sure don’t envy the Nuggets’ GMTBNL . Veterans available on the cheap are usually cheap for a reason. Westbrook is fun when he’s right. He’s not for everybody. The kind of player Adelman described feels closer to Brown, Tyus Jones, Malcolm Brogdon, Spencer Dinwiddie, or even Monte Morris, if you want to get nostalgic. If the Nuggets run it back with Russ, and they could, it’s hard to imagine next year’s playoff run ending much differently than the last two. And how is that fair to Nikola Jokic?When Lesnar saw a chance to become CSU’s second outdoor national track and field national champion, she didn’t miss. A belated hat-tip to Mya, and to the Rams’ Brian Bedard, who’s now produced four national champions, indoors and outdoors, as the head track coach in FoCo since 2006.Thousands expected at 'No Kings' protests across Colorado as tensions over immigration mountTrump blocks Colorado's rules meant to put more electric vehicles on the roadA tropical bird rarely seen in Colorado is hanging out at Boulder County pondBoulder County resident exposed Flatiron Flyer passengers to measles
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