After last year, the Nuggets badly needed 3-point shooting, and they did a great job of alleviating that issue by adding Tim Hardaway Jr. to a minimum contract in free agency this summer. But it turns out, the Mavericks helped pave the way for that deal to get done, as Hardaway revealed in an interview that JJ Barea and Jared Dudley were crucial factors in his decision to sign in Denver.
Hardaway was traded to the Mavericks at the deadline in 2019 and stuck with the team for six seasons, finally leaving to join the Pistons last season.