Denver Nuggets: 5 More Reasons to Be Excited for the 2016-2017 Season
Free Agency
We all watched this summer as some wild free agent happenings occurred with the large NBA salary cap increase. It was, at times, comical about who was getting max deals and who went where. I thought the Mozgov and Durant deals were the most interesting of the free agent signings and will have ripple effects across the league for next several seasons.
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Just like with the trade rumors the Denver Nuggets have done nothing irrational with the cash flow going to free agent players. Instead, they resigned two of their role players in Darrell Arthur (DA) out of Kansas and Mike Miller. Both of these guys are solid locker room guys that contributed in numerous ways during the past season. If DA has a healthy year his contribution could be even bigger in 2016-2017.
Most importantly it was not the lack of cash available in the Denver Nuggets coffers to sign players that put the brakes on a max contract deals. Who could forget the wild two weeks of Nuggets pursuit of Dwyane Wade that ended with him going home to the Chicago Bulls and the Nuggets receiving a tweet from Wade that indicating he was impressed by the Nuggets offer and approach.
Wade would have brought a great locker room presence and leadership to the organization if this signing would have happened. I think he would have helped this team take a next step but a windy city return is understandable.
The Nuggets make a real free agent splash during the 2017 off season and hopefully some additional development from the young core in Denver during the upcoming season will also help with free agent attraction.
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