April 2017 Denver Nuggets Wiretap

Nikola Jokic Day-To-Day With Left Hip Flexor Strain

Jan 27, 2017 4:57 PM

Nikola Jokic has a Left Hip Flexor Strain, according to an MRI exam.

Jokic is out for the the Denver Nuggets' game on Saturday against the Phoenix Suns and is listed as day-to-day going forward.

Jokic is averaging 15.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists with a PER of 26.3 in 41 games this season for the Nuggets.

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Mo Williams Finally Clears Waivers

Jan 26, 2017 5:26 PM

Mo Williams has finally cleared waivers with the Denver Nuggets saving more than $1 million.

The Nuggets waived Williams and was claimed by the Philadelphia 76ers who subsequently waived him and was claimed by Denver before being waived again.

Williams underwent surgery on his kne in October.

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Nuggets To Sign Johnny O'Bryant To 10-Day Contract

Jan 24, 2017 1:49 PM

The Denver Nuggets will sign Johnny O'Bryant to a 10-day contract.

O'Bryant has been playing for the Northern Arizona Suns of the D-League.

Denver will waive Mo Williams to create a roster spot for O'Bryant.

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Tags: Johnny O'Bryant, Denver Nuggets, Northern Arizona Suns, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor, D-League, D-League Teams

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Nuggets Claim Mo Williams Off Waivers

Jan 23, 2017 5:59 PM

The Denver Nuggets claimed Mo Williams off waivers.

Denver waived Williams last week and he was subsequently claimed and then waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

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76ers Claim Mo Williams Off Waivers

Jan 20, 2017 5:14 PM

The Philadelphia 76ers have claimed Mo Williams off waivers.

Williams was traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Denver Nuggets this week and subsequently waived.

Like the Nuggets, the 76ers had yet to reach the salary floor.

By claiming Williams, the 76ers have eliminated the Nuggets' $1.1 million salary floor related savings and have taken it for themselves.

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Nuggets Hope To Trade Jusuf Nurkic By Deadline

Jan 20, 2017 11:50 AM

The Denver Nuggets are actively working on finding a trade to move Jusuf Nurkic before the deadline.

Nurkic will become eligible for a contract extension this summer and then become a restricted free agent in 2018.

The Nuggets have acknowledged that a pairing of Nikola Jokic and Nurkic cannot be successful.

Denver would like to give Nurkic a chance to be a starting center elsewhere while receiving a return on his value.

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Tags: Jusuf Nurkic, Denver Nuggets, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Hawks Trade Mo Williams To Nuggets

Jan 18, 2017 2:04 AM

The Atlanta Hawks have traded Mo Williams and cash to the Denver Nuggets for the rights to Cenk Akyol.

The move gets the Nuggets closer to the salary floor with Williams' $2.2 million salary.

Denver will waive Williams, who was traded to the Hawks by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Kyle Korver trade.

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Nuggets Re-Sign Alonzo Gee On 10-Day Contract

Jan 8, 2017 6:45 PM

The Denver Nuggets have signed forward Alonzo Gee to a 10-day contract.

Gee, 6-6, 225, previously signed with Denver on Nov. 16, 2016 and averaged 1.1 rebounds in 6.9 minutes in 13 games before being waived on Jan. 6.

The seven-year NBA veteran has appeared in 417 career games (213 starts) for Washington, San Antonio, Cleveland, Portland, New Orleans and Denver, posting averages of 6.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 21.8 minutes.

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Nuggets Openly Shopping Jusuf Nurkic

Jan 7, 2017 4:05 PM

With the Denver Nuggets committed to Nikola Jokic as their center of the future, they are openly shopping Jusuf Nurkic in trade scenarios.

It is also widely assume that the Nuggets are willing to trade Danilo Gallinari, Kenneth Faried and Wilson Chandler.

Nurkic is in his third NBA season.

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Alonzo Gee Waived By Nuggets

Jan 6, 2017 3:42 PM

The Denver Nuggets have waived Alonzo Gee.

Gee appeared in 12 games for the Nuggets this season.

Gee was released by the New Orleans Pelicans before the start of the season and signed with the Nuggets in mid-November.

Gee has appeared in 417 career games (213 starts) for Washington, San Antonio, Cleveland, Portland, New Orleans and Denver posting averages of 6.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 21.8 minutes.

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Kings, Raptors, Nuggets, 76ers Interested In Paul Millsap

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Nuggets Assign Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez To D-League

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