Aaron Gordon becomes eligible for a four-year contract extension later this week and that will be one of the big storylines at the Nuggets’ training camp, Bennett Durando of the Denver Post writes. Gordon has a player option for the 2025/26 season but could replace that with the first year of a new deal as part of an extension agreement.
Jamal Murray‘s health and the way Russell Westbrook fits into the Nuggets’ rotation are among the other storylines to watch in Denver, according to Durando.
We have more from the Western Conference:
- With the Rockets buying out and waiving forward AJ Griffin, they have an open spot on the official roster. How will it be filled? It could turn into a competition among players on two-ways and training camp deals, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. Jeenathan Williams, Nate Hinton, N’Faly Dante, Jermaine Samuels and Jack McVeigh comprise that group. Houston could also opt to leave that spot open or sign a free agent.
- Former Kings general manager Vlade Divac made one of the biggest draft blunders in recent years when he passed on Luka Doncic in favor of Marvin Bagley in 2018. Divac admits he made a mistake but explained that he already had a talented floor leader in De’Aaron Fox. “I could’ve taken Luka, but then I would’ve had to trade Fox,” he said in an interview with Index, a Croatian outlet (hat tip to Grant Afseth of the Dallas Sports Journal).
- Grizzlies players have been competing in 5-on-5 scrimmages for over a month and Luke Kennard is impressed by the team’s competitiveness and attention to detail. “Something I haven’t really seen before,” Kennard told Damichael Cole of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “We’re really pushing each other and competing really hard. I think that’s going to go a long way. We start that right now. We’re getting a few steps ahead until the season starts.”
Fox and Luka could definitely co exist. Just like Luka and Kyrie right now.
Fox and Luka would of been dynamite…
Years later and Vlade still doesn’t get it. He was never qualified to be a GM.
It’s not Nate but I forgot his name too
Vlade out here falling for the false dichotomy
iirc the issue vlade had was disliking Luka’s father. There was obviously no professional reason not to draft Luka, especially for a European gm who supposedly understands euroleague, and should know how to translate that system into the nba’s system.
Saying that it was because of Fox is the only professional excuse he could make, but it’s unfair to put that on fox, and makes divac a far worse gm for doing so instead of taking responsibility for being unprofessional during that draft.
Denver in an advance preview of my conference write ups, CASH IN NOW. Stop fighting the decline. Your not legit for the play in. The team is too tired on one hand and did not have the ability to replace talent over the last 2 seasons.
Keep Jocic and put the rest on the block.