In what seems like a cruel joke, the Nuggets’ backup center situation has devolved back into chaos, 48 hours after the team thought it had finally found a dependable solution.
Jonas Valanciunas has been lured into considering a return to the EuroLeague, where the Greek club Panathinaikos has offered him a three-year contract worth $13 million, according to a report by BasketNews.
One problem: Valanciunas is under contract in the NBA. For $10.4 million next season, to be precise.
The Nuggets traded Dario Saric to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday to acquire the 33-year-old Lithuanian big man, spurring new optimism within the organization about the future of Nikola Jokic’s dreaded minutes on the bench.