Recently, according to a report by a well-known ESPN reporter, the Nuggets sent Reggie Jackson to the Hornets while sending three future second-round picks. But in this deal, the Nuggets got nothing. According to statistics, Reggie Jackson averaged 10.2 points per game last season, the highest scorer & the only player with a double scorer among any Nuggets bench. The Nuggets' second-highest scorer on the bench is Braun, averaging 7.3 points per game.
What is the purpose of the Nuggets? Of course, it's to avoid taxes, but spending 3 second rounds to send it away, the author thinks it's a little bit unworthy. For Reggie Jackson, he would have been somewhat surprised. After all, just five days ago, he had already announced that he would exercise his $5.25 million player option for next season, directly announcing that he would stay with the team. But the Nuggets turned around and sold him, which was a little embarrassing.
Essentially, Reggie isn't a particularly good defender, but more than five million want a bike. can contribute an average of 10.2 points + 3.8 assists per game, and it costs at least 15 million to find it in the free agent market. But at present, the main task of the Nuggets is how to deal with Pope's affairs.
Shams previously reported that Pope will refuse to exercise his $15.4 million player option to test the free market. Stein posted that league sources said that Pope is becoming one of the focuses of several teams in the free market. You know, Pope played 76 regular season games for the Nuggets last season, averaging 10.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals in 31.6 minutes per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 40.6%.
There are not many 3-and-D defenders on the market who have three-point points and have outstanding defense. Suffice it to say, Pope is Klay Thompson's poor man's version, but it seems like both buddies have fallen apart with their home team.
It's the butterfly effect, and Klay has always been a player the Magic want to chase. But if Klay doesn't go, the Magic see Pope as a reliable replacement and are willing to give him 45 million or even 5,000 for two years. At this price, the Nuggets are not competitive, after all, their budget is less than 20 million. In addition, the Western Conference champion Mavericks are also eyeing the horses, and they are also careful about Pope, but the salary is not enough, so they can only sign for it.
The Nuggets are not stupid here, signing for Pope is equivalent to raising tigers, it is better to send them to the East. The Nuggets figured out the contract, after all, the team is too expensive, Porter Jr. is 173 million for 5 years, Murray is 209 million for 4 years, Jokic is 270 million for 5 years, Aaron Gordon is 91.4 million for 4 years, and the Nuggets' total salary last season reached $185 million, which met the luxury tax standard, and they have to pay about $23 million in luxury tax.
Therefore, in order to save some money, although Reggie Jackson is cheap, it is enough to replace.
Reggie Jackson is also a veteran now, playing a full 82 regular-season games for the Nuggets last season, starting 23 of them. He averaged 22.2 minutes per game, with 10.2 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 1.3 turnovers. The shooting percentage was also okay, shooting 43.1% from the field, 35.9% from three-point range, and 80.6% from the free throw line. But in the playoffs, it was a little insufficient, playing 12 games, averaging 9.8 minutes per game, handing over 3.5 points, 1.3 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.2 steals and 0.7 turnovers. Among them, the shooting rate was 33.3%, and the three-point shooting rate was 34.8%, but it was a crotch pull.
But three years ago, when he played in the playoffs for the Clippers, he played a total of 19 games, averaging 32.7 minutes per game, 17.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists, and shooting 40.8% from three-point range. Both Ka and George were absent at the time, and realistically he was the real boss of the Clippers.