Nugg Love » Jason Maxiell http://nugglove.com A Denver Nuggets Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Harrington An Amnesty Victim http://nugglove.com/2011/11/17/harrington-an-amnesty-victim/ http://nugglove.com/2011/11/17/harrington-an-amnesty-victim/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:13:01 +0000 Jonathan Maness http://nugglove.com/?p=2150 Yes, the NBA is still locked out that probably won’t change for a while. However, one thing that has not been an issue during the discussions is the Amnesty Clause. Widely known as the Allan Houston rule, the clause allows players to release a player from their team, and still pay their salary without being hurt by [...]

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However, one thing that has not been an issue during the discussions is the Amnesty Clause. Widely known as the Allan Houston rule, the clause allows players to release a player from their team, and still pay their salary without being hurt by the luxury tax.

On the Denver Nuggets the most likely victim is Harrington, since the Nuggets seem to have little use for the veteran power forward, who was brought in to stretch the floor an help Carmelo Anthony out.

Harrington is set to earn between $20 and $28 million over the next four years and currently has the second biggest contract on the Nuggets.

Other players that may be Amnesty victims as well and could pique the Nuggets interest are:  (more…)

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Last summer the Denver Nuggets struggled to make a splash in the free agency period and they were forced to go for the leftovers in Al Harrington.

Harrington was a little underrated pickup, since he was coming off of a season in which he averaged 17.7 points. Being a veteran and an ability to shoot the ball it was a no-brainer, but not at the price the Nuggets paid ($33 million for 5 years). (more…)

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