The Denver Nuggets are going all-in for the NBA championship, and this time they are betting on one of the greatest scorers ever. DeMar DeRozan is 37 years old, but he is coming off a strong 2025-26 season averaging 18.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.0 SPG, and 0.3 BPG on 49.7% FG and 32.0% 3-PT FG over 77 games.
The Denver Nuggets have made a few roster moves recently as the 2026-27 NBA season approaches. After a disappointing end to the 2025-26 campaign that saw the Nuggets lose to Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs, Denver traded Peyton Watson in return for draft picks and signed veteran DeMar DeRozan.
Coming off a first-round playoff exit, the Denver Nuggets had very high expectations for their 2026 offseason. Fans were urging the franchise to make significant changes after a few consecutive years of disappointing postseason outcomes, but they had a fairly underwhelming summer.
September 10: Walker has officially signed his non-guaranteed training camp deal with the Nuggets, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. August 5: The Nuggets have agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.3MM with free agent wing Lonnie Walker IV, Shams Charania reports for ESPN (via Twitter).
What happens next offseason if Nikola Jokic wants to leave the Denver Nuggets? That is a scenario that the Nuggets front office is keeping in mind after the three-time MVP turned down a contract extension in each of the past two offseasons.
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The biggest move of the Denver Nuggets' 2026 offseason has been their trade to ship Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers. While that move has been highly criticized, their return for the 23-year-old breakout wing has become a bit underrated.
The Denver Nuggets are on the cusp of their 60th season as a franchise, between their time with the NBA and their nine-year tenure in the ABA. And throughout their six decades of history, the Nuggets have had an array of talent walk into the building.
The Denver Nuggets are around six weeks away from tipping off their 2026-27 regular season campaign. And throughout their 82-game stretch that'll be underway
Nikola Jokic has repeatedly made his feelings about Denver clear. But the Nuggets still face an uncomfortable question about how much they can rely on that loyalty.
In their biggest move of the offseason, the Denver Nuggets sent Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers. At the beginning of the offseason, the expectation was that the Nuggets would do whatever they could to keep Watson.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
September 8: DeRozan has officially signed with the Nuggets, per the NBA’s transaction log. August 21: Free agent forward DeMar DeRozan plans to sign with the Nuggets, reports Chris Haynes of NBA on Prime and NBA TV (via Twitter).
The Denver Nuggets ultimately traded Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a 2031 first-round pick and a 2032 second-round pick. Many fans were disappointed with this move, especially considering the Nuggets did not get a player in return for their breakout wing, but they reportedly tried to take the player route.
The Denver Nuggets are around six weeks away from tipping off their 2026-27 regular season. And as the clock keeps ticking before the Nuggets officially get their season underway, their roster and rotation are starting to appear pretty close to what the final product is expected to look like.
The Denver Nuggets are currently the only team in the NBA that is still operating in the second apron this summer. As a result, they lost a promising young talent in Peyton Watson this offseason because the second-apron restrictions severely handcuffed the offers they could make.
The Nuggets didn’t get a player back when they sent Peyton Watson to the Cavaliers. Apparently, that was very much by design. After surveying the trade
The first sign that Peyton Watson might eventually part ways with the Nuggets came last October, when the team prioritized signing Christian Braun to a five-year, $125MM rookie scale extension and bypassed a rookie scale deal with Watson, as Bennett Durando of The Denver Post details.
The Denver Nuggets' roster, while having seen a few noteworthy changes over the course of this offseason, still has several components of last year's group onboard for another year.
It was no secret that the Denver Nuggets were active in trade discussions this offseason. Before ultimately deciding to ship Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a sign-and-trade that netted them a future first-round and second-round pick, the Nuggets were fielding other trade offers.
Christian Braun sounds pretty happy with the Nuggets’ latest addition. Denver signed six-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan to a one-year minimum contract this offseason, adding another proven scorer to a roster that underwent some significant changes.
Nikola Jokić does not do empty optimism. So when the three-time MVP was asked about the Denver Nuggets’ decision to trade Peyton Watson and offered a calm assessment of the team’s future, it carried more weight than the usual offseason platitudes.
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The Denver Nuggets finally sent Peyton Watson to the Cavaliers in return for some much-needed salary cap relief. What does that mean for the Nuggets, particularly Nikola Jokic?