MAJOR Nuggets Move Incoming...

Sean Serrano has revealed that a major Denver Nuggets move is coming as the team is targeting a Hall of Fame player right now as a ton of Peyton Watson rumors news and reports do lurk for the Nuggets as it's becoming unclear if they will retain Peyton Watson, but now they are trying to sign an NBA Hall of Famer to a veterans minimum deal and this is perfect for the Denver Nuggets right now, and I think this is a robbery of a contract and guys, we're going to jump into all this because there is a lot to go over on the team, but real quick. I do want to ask that you subscribe to Nuggets Digest 70% of viewers watching this video right now are currently unsubscribed. It is completely free. We're on that road to four K. We're dropping videos every day and we're having a whole lot of fun while dropping all this content for you guys, but now guys jumping into the video. There is a lot to look at on the Denver Nuggets and their free agency because it's been mainly dictated by Peyton Watson. Obviously, they've made moves. It's not that they haven't done anything even recently bringing back Spencer Jones. They've definitely made a few moves added to the bench. It's been solid on the margins to a degree, but at the end of the day, they need a big time move and bring back Peyton Watson would be that, but at the same time, it doesn't change the difference or the ability to resign or to sign excuse me one of the best NBA players over the 2010s who's still damn good. It was revealed by that I'm told Miami Denver and Cleveland are among the teams interested in DeMar DeRozan. There is a player out west that is overlapping with DeRozan as far as interest in teams. That is Klay Thompson. I'm told the Heat are among several championship contending teams that are monitoring Thompson's situation, potentially via trade or buy out. So because of this right now, we do see the Nuggets. They are locking in on the idea of DeRozan. Now we can talk about Klay another time, but right now looking at DeMar DeRozan, this deal would be absolutely huge for the team. DeRozan is still a very good player. He's a ball handler that he can run a floor. He scores with the best of them great in isolation great in the mid range would fit well with Jokic because Jokic could get DeRozan to his spots. He can hit those elbows. He can get to the mid. He can get those cuts still and overall what it does is it gives DeRozan a chance to play a little bit more off the ball, which would probably help him extend his career. DeRozan has been very, very open about how he wants to be in his prime as long as humanly possible. Is he in his prime anymore? Well, that's kind of debatable, but you can't sit here and argue that DeRozan is not still a good player. I know he's playing for the Sacramento Kings who were bad last year, but at the end of the day, DeRozan was still able to perform. Played in 77 games, 31 minutes of action, putting up 18 points, getting three rebounds, getting four assists, shooting 49% from the field, getting a steal per game. DeRozan is no elite defender, but he's not a cone at all. And overall, yeah, the big knock on his game has always been he can't shoot from behind the arc. He's had that issue, only shot 32%, but DeRozan fits them for a few different reasons. The Nuggets have no on-ball scoring outside of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. No one else is gonna do that. So when you get a guy who can get into the paint and score incredibly well, when he can get to the mid-range and score incredibly well, he gives a shot creator that, I mean, there's a good chance he'd start, but you could let him lead the bench unit. You could let him be the guy on that bench unit so Jokic and Murray can sit, and unlike historically over the last couple of years, the team won't literally fall apart instantly because that's been the problem ever since, I mean really 2023, even when the Nuggets won the finals, is that when Jokic and Murray are both off, the team falls apart. So you kind of have to stagger their minutes, even though they're obviously at their best together. So with DeMar, he gives you the chance to run that bench. Again, he could still start. He could be the first guy off and then come back on with three, four minutes left in the first when Jokic and Murray come off. You could let DeRozan just cook, let him have the ball. The man is a good facilitator as well. So you could kind of let him run the show a little bit if Tyus Jones probably playing a lot of backup point guard, he can set DeMar up, DeMar can hit his spots, and then all of a sudden, you could let the man cook. And I think this is the perfect situation for this team right now. And again, they're not the only team interested. The Cavs and Miami Heat have been named as teams with interest. The Cavs and the Heat, they both lost out on LeBron. I guess the Nuggets in a way, but they kind of lost out on him a little bit prior to that. But with LeBron going to the Philadelphia 76ers, now these teams are scrambling to find someone else. The Cavs signed DeMar with his own team. And then the Heat, they haven't really made any other subsequent moves since losing out on LeBron. DeMar, does he fit with either of these teams though? Not nearly as much as the Nuggets. If I were DeMar, I'd go to the Nuggets. Because you look, Giannis and Bam in the frontcourt, and then DeRozan's your small forward. That is, you're not going to win anything with that shooting, or well, lack of shooting. It's just not going to happen. I don't see how that would happen. So I don't see that being the move right there, or really having any kind of actual success at all. Meanwhile, Cleveland, they have Mobley, who's not consistent. Jared Allen's a non-shooter. And then also having James Harden and Donovan Mitchell. It's going to be three guys who need the ball. They all kind of, I mean, lesser James Harden, but Donovan Mitchell likes to get inside a good amount. DeRozan's going to score the mid-range. You already have Mobley and Allen there. It's not the best fit for them. But when you can get off the ball, extend your prime, go out there, find your mid-range shots, find your back cuts, and then get the most open threes possible. So that percentage will probably kick up a couple percentages to like 35. All of a sudden, the Nuggets feel like a great situation where DeRozan can still play his game a lot running a bench unit, while at the same time, playing with Jokic and Murray to where there's a lot less pressure on to score the ball. So he gets to his spots easier, and it's easier to score the ball that way. So when he is running with the bench, he's already warmed up. He's already ready to go. He's got the confidence in his ability, and you just got to let the man cook like he has for the last 17 years. To me, it's such a perfect fit. Obviously, the Raptors are going to be a team that's always involved. It's just the way it is. DeRozan and the Raptors were reported to have mutual interests. Not surprising at all. Obviously, they do. DeRozan is one of the most iconic Raptors in NBA history, and he's someone who has a ton of records with them. Overall, it would make some sense for him to finish out his final years in Toronto, especially as long as that Kawhi trade goes through, which it will. Overall, we would see them actually have a chance of winning something they wouldn't know, but I mean, there's a world where they could pull it off. So overall, I do see that as a team that could actually show some interest in DeRozan, but it feels like it's a little bit less so because the Raptors are so hung up on can they get Kawhi back. Remember, they traded DeRozan for Kawhi before. They're going to prioritize Kawhi here. Now, on top of that, we saw some talk from this from Sports Illustrated. It was mentioned by Sports Illustrated that he adds another forward to the rotation when the Nuggets could instead use another guard. He doesn't quite lift Denver's ceiling on the defensive end, considering David Adelman was vocal at the end of last season advocating for the team to add athleticism, ball handling, and DeRozan might not be the first name you think of to either of those things, though he can handle the ball. So if the Nuggets have had two roster spots to fill before next season, which would include Peyton Watson, one of their players, DeRozan's hypothetical spot could be better utilized by a different player with a different skill set. On the contrary, DeRozan does offer something the Nuggets in particular could take interest in leading into next season. A talented player might be able to come in, who might be willing to come in on a veteran's minimum deal. The expectation is that he is willing to come in on a veteran, and at the same time, if we're being honest, guys, I think he's a way better fit than what Sports Illustrated said. He can handle the ball. Yeah, he's not a point guard, but he can handle the ball in a general sense. So overall, you can kind of let him run the show a little bit. He's done that before. He did it with the Spurs a good amount, so he knows how to do that. He's typically been the most consistent player on every team he's ever been on, so I think, and I mean, I'm not saying he would be with Denver, but throughout the past between the Raptors, the Spurs, the Bulls, the Kings, he's always been their most consistent player when they've needed him. So at the end of the day, I do think this deal makes a ton of sense. I would love it to happen, but I am curious what you guys think about this. Which team should DeRozan choose? Should he go to the Cavs, should he go to the Heat, or should he go to the Denver Nuggets? Comment the letter here. C for Cavs, H for Heat, N for Nuggets. Let me know in the comments down below. Like this video, subscribe, turn on post notifications, give me all your thoughts. Have a great day, and I'll catch y'all later.