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Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:48 pm

They added salary with Jonas so they definitely wanted him…but if they buy him out now, he may give back his entire contract and it actually saves Denver a lot of money and opens up some MLE space for them.

How does that work tho? If he agrees to a buy out that certainly saves them money but does it actually clear the money off their cap sheet?

Yes it does clear it. Same with us for Beal…even if we don’t stretch it, we will clear whatever he gets back off the cap sheet.

Split T wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 29, 2025 1:17 pm

What utah is doing makes no sense,

It's amazing how far fanbases will go to justify the dumb things their teams do. I read Utah fan-run site article about the move, and they cited how Utah had to deal Sexton because they needed to make room for their young players, how he isn't a defender blah blah blah, and how Nurkic could be useful big man depth.

Bottomline is you traded a good basketball player on an expiring deal WITH a second round pick for a bad player on an expiring contract. Since Utah gave up a second rounder, my first thought that it would have been smarter just to waive Sexton and keep the second rounder. But maybe they didn't want to cheat Sexton out of retaining his bird rights. And maybe they think Nurkic can be used as a trade chip later for a team looking to clear cap space for '26.

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:24 pm

Ugh…why couldn’t we have made this trade?

Sometimes it feels like the rest of the NBA actively tries to make us look bad.

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