Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni discuss what the Nuggets are going to do in the offseason and how they can improve their roster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What are the Nuggets' offseason plans?
God, I used to love the last day of school. Oh, it's great. It's the best feeling. You don't do anything. They're not going to do anything in their classes. They're going to just go have either a pizza party. oder so etwas. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie das immer noch tun, aber vielleicht eine Pizza-Party, eine Show oder so etwas. Ich weiß nicht. Halbzeit. Ja, Halbzeit. Es ist nicht viel los.
Es ist nicht viel los. Schön. Ich liebe es.
Unglaublich. Es wird viel mit den Denver Nuggets losgehen, diese Off-Season. Ja, ja, es wird es sein.
Chapter 2: How did the firing of Michael Malone impact the team?
Du würdest denken. Ja, ich bin sehr interessiert, was mit diesem Team passiert, weil ich mich erinnere, als sie Michael Malone verabschiedet haben, gab es eine Konversation oder Michael Malone, ich verabschiede mich, Michael, ich weiß, dass du Michael Malone magst.
When they fired Michael Malone, there was conversation of, oh, well, we wanted to get ahead of firing him because we didn't want a deep playoff run to cloud our judgment of this team. They just knew going in that they're going to make some changes. There were going to be some wholesale changes of this team. What exactly happens? I guess that's what we're here to talk about.
Yeah, it is difficult to specifically make Michael Porter Jr. trades, which I think is like where everybody starts. Yeah, you have to, yeah. With this team. Yeah. And I don't know if specific teams come to mind for you, because I think if you're Denver, what you want back is probably two rotation players. Yeah, or three, if you can get them.
If you can get, I mean, heck, four.
Why stop there?
Ja.
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Chapter 3: What trades are possible for Michael Porter Jr.?
Sie haben Rudi Gay getradet, weil es nicht funktioniert hat. Diese drei hatten keine Ahnung, wie sie mit einander spielen. Es war so, dass es nicht viel Sinn macht. Lasst uns Rudi Gay tradieren. Sie haben Rudi Gay getradet. Es war ein seltsamer Package. Ein wirklich seltsamer Package von den Sacramento Kings. Es war Grievous Vasquez, Patrick Patterson und Chuck Hayes. Ja. Okay, sure.
But those guys became like the bedrock. They were massive for that first couple of years of them becoming a playoff team. They have to pull off something like this. Like three guys where you're like, really? Like those three guys? But those three guys turn out to be something. That's exactly what Denver needs to do. Wow.
Yeah, I kind of forget that anytime that any team traded Rudy Gay, they just got better. Memphis. Yeah, when Memphis traded him. Oh, this is way better. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so any teams come to mind that you think would... I mean, here's the deal. If MPJ is healthy, he's a 6'10 lights out shooter.
Absolutely, yeah.
Which is something that teams want. His money doesn't go for that long. He's only got two years left. So this isn't like some crazy long deal for a player that just can't play at all. He's got to deal with the injury over the summer. But I don't know. I think that there's got to be some options out there. Is there a team specifically that comes to mind for you?
Let's just start with the easy team, the Brooklyn Nets. Can we start with Brooklyn?
The easy team, the team that you've continually said doesn't have enough players. Okay, I am so interested now.
Because they have money. They'd be like, all right, cool, we can take on. They have something like $60 million in cap space.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: Which teams could be interested in trading for MPJ?
Sure. Yeah, that's probably true. I think that's the trade. That's the most you can do. I don't know if there's anybody else on the Nets roster that even makes sense. Cam Johnson. Your Jalen Wilson guy? Sure. Yeah, maybe. Maxwell Lewis. I don't know. Vielleicht. Ja, Keyon Johnson. Ich mag Keyon Johnson, aber... Keyon wird nicht in den Playoffs spielen. Don't do that.
This is just my draft right now.
You know, Long Island Nets.
You know, he plays well. When you said, honestly, when you said this is the easy team, I was like, what team is that? I was confused a little bit.
I changed my mind. I didn't realize how barren the Nets roster was. I thought we could maybe get another rotation player out of there, but it's only Cam Johnson. Do you have an MPJ team?
Well, I wonder about Chicago.
Sure. They were interested, right? They were somewhat, yeah.
Yes, and they have... I mean, listen... There are some guys on this roster that you don't quite know what to do with. You've got to basically match the 38.3 million, which is going to be the hardest thing. But if you could get, and I know there's nothing that's going to be so exciting here, but if you could get a Kevin Herter and a Patrick Williams.
Can I barter for Lonzo Ball? Can we get Lonzo Ball in there?
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Chapter 5: What trades could the Nuggets make with the Chicago Bulls?
The thing that's underrated about MPJs, he's 6'10". He's huge. Big dude. Yeah. And having him and Aaron Gordon as your forwards is a luxury. Yeah.
Because they are so big. Look, the dynamic of this team is going to change. Christian Brown is going to get his extension this summer, right? Yeah. Jamal Murray is going to be too hard to trade. Yes. Right. I mean, unless you have suggestions. Then there's Aaron Gordon and there's Jokic. Outside of that, I think everybody else is either on the table or you're hoping can get better.
um yeah yeah yeah any other teams um you as potential yeah addison throw on toronto raptors i have i have a team here yeah i'm kind of i'm interested to hear your thoughts okay okay they had they had beat around the bush of of potentially trading rj barrett in that ingram trade yeah um Und der Ingram-Scotty-RJ-Frontcourt-Wing ist ein seltsamer Fit. Wie du es vorhin illustriert hast. Sehr delikat.
Was ist mit etwas, das sich um... Und Ochai Obagi ist ein Spieler, den die Raptors entweder im Sommer oder im nächsten Sommer bezahlen müssen, oder sie müssen handeln.
Ja.
Und wie ist es mit R.J. Baer, Ochai Abadji, Michael Porter Jr.? Und ich würde in dieser Situation einen Pick mögen, weil du Geld hast. Aber ich weiß nicht.
Wie fühlst du dich? Ich meine, das ist interessant, weil das sind zwei spielbare Jungs. Abadji wäre der siebte beste Spieler auf diesem Roster.
Ja, ein kleiner Bruce Brown in Bezug auf, was er tun kann. Ja.
Ja, ich denke, dass das ziemlich interessant ist. Ich liebe nicht den Fit von R.J. Barrett.
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Chapter 6: How might the Celtics fit into the Nuggets' trade discussions?
Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'm typically the same way. Where I tore my ACL, it's like, alright, let's get back in the building. Oh, really?
Yeah.
Go back to the scene of the crime. Wow.
Was it weird the first time?
Nope. Nope. See, you faced your fear. I faced my fear. You gotta do it too, Deron Holmes. We believe in you.
We believe in you, Deron.
Is there anything with maybe some of these guys? And before you give me the oh god, okay, listen.
I like the Wizards. I'm on record here.
The Wizards are a team that can... This is one where it's like, hey, the Wizards... Wir sind nicht in der Michael Porter Junior-Business hier, aber wir sind definitiv in der Give-Us-Your-First-Round-Pick-Business hier. Und sie haben Marcus Smart und Chris Middleton, richtig?
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Chapter 7: What role could the Wizards play in potential trades?
Wenn ich einen Nuggets-Podcast mache... My the the title of the summer would be the summer of internal development. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Yeah. And it's like Ron Holmes. Hey, Peyton Watson. Yeah. Get him in the film room. Let's figure out who he is. Julian Strother. He showed some flashes there.
Yeah.
The end of the Thunder series. We need that guy. Jalen Pickett. You know, Jalen Pickett. Can you not be terrified when we get to the playoffs?
You are a back-up point guard.
Hunter Tyson, you're 6'8". You're old for a rookie. What can you do for us? What can we do here?
Yeah, I agree.
Okay, you want to shift gears to the Celtics?
Yeah, let's shift gears to the Celtics. I have a really spicy trade idea I'm ready to throw at you.
Okay, I'm excited.
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Chapter 8: How do injuries affect trade decisions for the Nuggets?
They need a point guard, Kyrie's out. Drew will be that guy for them for a little bit. Wow. Und was ist es? 32,4 Millionen Dollar. Okay. Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington. Und du kannst vielleicht noch einen anderen Mann dazu geben, wenn du willst. Aber da bist du. Ja, wenn du willst. Ich weiß nicht. Wow. Okay. Ja, klar. Ich weiß nicht. Wer noch?
Hardy Party? Ja, klar.
Ja, klar. Warum nicht?
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. This would be a very good defensive team. Oh yeah. Cooper Flagg will eventually be on this trade machine too. Yep. When you have Anthony Davis, Drew Holiday, Cooper Flagg, Derek Lively, Najee Marshall, I mean... Das ist ein ernsthaftes Team. Auch ohne Kyrie. Das Team macht die Playoffs, glaube ich. Oh ja. Wenn sie gesund bleiben.
Und dann, wenn du Kyrie zurückkommst, kannst du nur Drew übersteigen. Das ist ein ernsthaftes Team. Das ist interessant.
Und dann von der Celtic Seite, du hast zwei Jungs, die wahrscheinlich in das, was du brauchst, fit werden. P.J. Washington, wirklich gut, 3-and-D-Wing, kann seine Schüsse knacken, kann sich auf einem hohen Niveau verteidigen. Gafford ist ein Big, und wer weiß, was mit Porzingis nächste Saison passiert. Du brauchst einen anderen Big.
Und beide dieser Jungs, du kannst sagen, okay, wir geben dir das Jahr, sehen, was du tun kannst. Und wenn wir dich lieben, werden wir dich extenden.
Ja, das ist wirklich, wirklich interessant.
Mach es passieren, Nico. Also, ich denke, wenn du Jaden Hardy mit Omax auswählen würdest, glaube ich, oder so etwas.
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