JaMychal Green doesn’t anticipate his role changing after re-signing with the Nuggets, according to the Denver Post’s Mike Singer. Green, who signed a two-year, $17MM contract last week, says he’ll be a “glue guy” for one of the Western Conference’s top teams. Across 58 contests last season,
Green averaged 8.1 PPG and 4.8 RPG in 19.3 MPG, with a shooting line of .463/.399/.807. He averaged 5.4 PPG and 5.2 RPG in 19 MPG during the postseason.
Green added that Denver “felt like home” and he stayed in touch during free agency with Will Barton, who also re-signed with the club (Twitter links here).
We have more on the Nuggets:
- Forward Jeff Green left the Nets in unrestricted free agency and signed a two-year, $10MM deal with Denver. Green called it was an easy decision, Singer writes. “It was a no-brainer,” he said. “I felt like it could be a special season.” The journeyman added the two-year commitment played a role in his selection, saying it was a relief to “finally lock in something more than one year.”
- Popeye Jones has officially joined Michael Malone’s staff, according to a press release. Jones’ decision to leave Philadelphia’s staff to become an assistant in Denver came to light late last month.
- In case you missed it, Barton said he never really considered leaving the Nuggets despite opting out of his contract. Get the details here.
Jalen Green said the same thing JaMychal did when he expressed how Houston “felt like home” to him and that he was glad the Pistons passed on him so the Rockets could take him at #2. Of course the media and fans everywhere made him out to be a childish jerk who was just talking crap about Detroit because of his own sour grapes.
Nobody’s calling it the JaM n Jeff show?
#winning that green #in the after hours