“ He’s going to get paid, that’s what he’s going to do! », enthused Aaron Gordon for Bruce Brown, a few minutes after the title of the Nuggets. It takes the path. Shams Charania reports indeed that the back of Denver declines his “player option”, in the amount of 6.8 million dollars, to become “free agent”.
The information will not surprise any fan of the defending champions as Bruce Brown played an essential role in obtaining the trophy. The 42nd choice of the 2018 Draft has just completed his best career exercise and has had a constant impact in the playoffs off the bench. In particular in the final with his 21 points in Game 4, as well as a hyper “clutch” tap in the following match.
The “role player”, who has progressed in outside shooting and in carrying the ball, should easily claim the doubling of his salary. Except that the Nuggets are in the red, and that he can hope for, at best, a season at 7.8 million dollars. It will have to wait until 2024 to hope for better with more than 12 million dollars annually.
Either way, he should be the Nuggets’ offseason priority as a handful of veterans and bench players are nearing the end of their contract (Jeff Green, DeAndre Jordan, Thomas Bryant, Reggie Jackson, etc.). If other formations could offer him a better salary, the person concerned warned that he would not make it a money affair.
” I want to stay. Look at us. We celebrate the finals, the victory. That’s why we play in the NBA, to win at the highest level. It’s the perfect combination. Money is not everything, it will come. So I’m not worried at the moment “he confided after the title.
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
