In the 2021-22 season, Nuggets scored 48 wins and 34 losses, ranking 6th in the West. After the playoffs began, the team lost 1 to 4 Warriors in the first round. This report card is not ideal for them who had already scored a Western victory two years ago, but considering Murray’s absence throughout the season and Michael PROTONIC, who only played 9 games due to injury, it is not easy to make it like this. Now, with the return of Murray and PROTONIC, the Nuggets will set sail again and start another journey to the Crown.
Turnover of main personnel during off-season
Join: Pop (trading), Ismail Smith (trading), Bruce Brown (free market), Jordan (free market), Christian Braun (draft)
Leaving: Mont-Morris (trading), Barton (trading), jiemai Kerr-Green (trading), little rivers (leaving freely), general manager Connelly
Resumption of off-season operations
The Nuggets did not do much during the off-season this year, mainly because the lineup has been relatively neat. The main difficulty the team encountered last season was Injuries. Murray and PROTONIC had suffered from long-term recovery, which greatly reduced their strength. Now after long-term recuperation, both of them have recovered, there is no need for the team to make big moves and continue to build teams around jokiki, Murray and PROTONIC. Looking back on this summer, Nuggets completed two beautiful operations, which made their strength stronger.
The first was the introduction of pop. On June 29, Nuggets and Wizards reached a deal, sending Morris and Barton, and exchanging pop and Ismail-Smith from Wizards. After completing this operation, the strength of the nuggets’s front line, especially the defensive strength of the front line, ushered in a huge improvement. In addition, pop also has the championship experience, which will also help the Nuggets.
Although Morris and Barton were sent out two excellent players, the Nuggets deal was not an operation to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall. The defender Hyland Selected by the team with the 26th sign last year was rising. He played 69 regular season matches last season, averaging 19 minutes, contributing 10.1 points 2.7 rebounds 2.8 assists, with a 3-point shooting rate, this made Morris no longer indispensable. Barton’s departure made the Nuggets less than a fire point, but this team does not lack offensive talent, and his departure will not have a great influence on the team. Generally speaking, the Nuggets have greatly improved the defense while the attack has not been weakened much.
The second is to sign Bruce Brown. Since there is no salary space, the Nuggets’s biggest bargaining chip in recruiting free players this year is a mini middle class (6.48 million). And their use of this special case of middle class is commendable. After the opening of the free market, they signed Bruce Brown with it (13.28 million years). Brown played well in basketable Nets last season, playing 72 regular season matches with an average of 9 points and 4 points. 8 rebounds 2.1 assists, hit 40.4% in three points, 4 playoff games, average 14 points 4.8 rebounds 2.8 assists, with a three-point hit rate. Although he is only 1.93 meters tall, brown is a very active and energetic player, and he has proved that he is very good at playing around superstars for two years in basketable nets.
Signing Brown is also an operation aimed at the front line. With pop and Brown, the front line lineup of nuggets is very deep, in the new season, Murray gayokic and three space strikers can be discharged in the game.
In addition to these two operations, the Nuggets also had some actions during the off-season this year, such as renewing the largest contract with yokki for 5 years and 0.27 billion years in advance; Renewing the contract with pop for 2 years and 30.15 million years in advance, lock the latter to 32 years old; Sign little Jordan with a basic salary of one year; Renew Qian Char in 3 years and 6.82 million years. However, these actions are quite normal, there is no special surprise, and they have no great influence on the new season.
In terms of the draft, the Nuggets selected the scoring guard Braun from the University of Kansas in the 21st order of the first round this year. The latter played 40 games last season with an average of 34.4 minutes contributing 14.1 points 6.5 rebounds 2.8 assists, the field goal percentage is 49.5%, and the three-point hit rate is 38.6%. The player is 1.98 meters tall and is characterized by strong defense, good athletic ability, high enthusiasm, and can take the lead in the conversion attack. The template is Badinger and Kang Norton. Before joining NBA, he has been polished in NCAA for 3 years and has a relatively high maturity. In the new season, he is expected to become a combat capability of the team and have a place in the team.
Lineup depth
The lineup of Nuggets for the new season is roughly as follows:
Rear Guard lines: Murray, Hyland, Ismail Smith, Braun, Gilespie
Attack lines: pop, PROTONIC, Brown, Aron-Gordon, Jeff-Green, Davenport-Reed, Qian char, Naji
Inside: jokedge, little Jordan
ESPN expects the Nuggets to start the new season with Murray, pop, Gordon, PROTONIC and jokedge.
Little Michael-PROTONIC back injury
With the return of Murray and PROTONIC and the joining of pop and Brown, today’s Nuggets can afford the word “strong soldiers and strong horses. But they still have some hidden dangers, the most obvious of which is the history of little Michael PROTONIC’s back injury. Because of his back injury, PROTONIC didn’t play in the first year of the Nuggets, and the attendance rate was good in the next two seasons. Among them, he played 19 points 7.3 in the 20-21 season, with a three-point shooting rate of 44.5%. But last season he was troubled by his back injury again and reimbursed again. How is his back? Can he keep healthy for a long time? This is still a question. If Xiao PROTONIC’s back cannot support him to finish a long season, the impact on the Nuggets is not only present but also long-term, the Nuggets gave him a five-year contract of 0.173 billion dollars last summer, which will not expire until the summer of 27.
Outlook for the new season
Since joining the NBA, Nuggets have never entered the finals. The best result is to enter the division finals four times. Throughout the whole league, they are not a team with great details. But in competitive sports, if you speak with strength and strength, you will have a chance to go far in the playoffs. Murray and little Michael PROTONIC have both returned, and the attack line has been upgraded. For the Nuggets, they have the strength to launch an impact on the championship. Jokiki and Murray have reached the finals in the excessive area two years ago, and now they have the opportunity to lead the team to create a new history.