Remember when people acted like the sky was falling because the Denver Nuggets let Kentavious Caldwell-Pope walk in 2024 free agency? He signed a three-year, $66 million deal with the Magic. The Nuggets lost the first starter of their 2023 championship team.
Hindsight is 20/20, but not retaining KCP worked out in Denver's favor. If Orlando could go back in time, it wouldn't have signed Caldwell-Pope. He averaged 8.7 points per game on 43.9% shooting from the field and 34.2% shooting from three last season with the Magic.
It was the first time in four seasons that KCP didn't average double-digits in points scored.