Axel Toupane and the Denver Nuggets have agreed upon a two-year deal.
The deal for the 16-17 is non-guaranteed.
Toupane went undrafted in 2014 out of France and averaged 14.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 29.7 minutes per game in the D-League this season with Raptors 905.
Toupane has made 11 appearances for the Nuggets this season, averaging 13.8 minutes per game.
One of the NBA's most monumental what-if's is what would have happened if the Detroit Pistons selected Carmelo Anthony instead of Darko Milicic.
The Pistons went on to win the 2004 NBA Finals despite getting nothing from Milicic and had a streak of seven straight Eastern Conference Finals.
Anthony would have given the Pistons a longer window of contention and he has been at his best playing beside strong point guards and veteran leaders. Anthony eventually became teammates with Chauncey Billups as members of the Denver Nuggets.
"That's why I was a little bit disappointed," Anthony said, "because I really wanted to go to Detroit. You had Chauncey, you had all those guys over there...Detroit, they had something going over there."
Anthony would have been perfect for the Pistons as a truly great individual scorer to complement their defense.
"It would have been at a whole other level," LeBron James said of their rivalry.
"I was told that Detroit was going to take me," Anthony said. "Once Cleveland made the pick, I was like, 'Oh, I'm going to Detroit.'"
"That ball-stopping mentality that Carmelo has? He wouldn't have had that if he was a Piston," Billups said. "We wouldn't let him play like that. He would have been a much better player than he is now—and he's a great player now.
"This guy would have been," Billups said, pausing to chuckle for a moment, "he would have been an absolute icon, because winning takes you there."
The Denver Nuggets will sign Axel Toupane to a second 10-day contract.
Toupane joined the Nuggets from Raptors 905 of the D-League.
Toupane has averaged 4.6 points in 13.4 minutes per game over five appearances for the Nuggets.
In 32 games in the D-League, Toupane averaged 14.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 29.7 minutes per game.
The Denver Nuggets plan to sign Axel Toupane to a 10-day contract.
Toupane has been playing with Raptors 905 of the D-League.
Toupane has averaged 14.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 29.7 minutes over 32 games this season with a PER of 14.5.
Toupane went undrafted in 2014 and was playing in France with Strasbourg.
Danilo Gallinari has torn two ligaments in his right ankle.
Gallinari suffered the injury on Sunday.
The Nuggets received several trade calls on Gallinari ahead of the deadline but they reportedly were "building around" him instead of "trading him."
Gallinari has undergone multiple procedures on the ACL in his left knee and tore the meniscus in his right knee last season.
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