By trading Michael Porter Jr. to Brooklyn for Cam Johnson, the Nuggets created more flexibility for themselves on the NBA free agent market. Negotiations opened for business around the league on Monday afternoon, but rather quickly dried up. Here are five players the Nuggets could target now — using the non-taxpayer mid-level exception — who might’ve been unrealistic previously:
Horford checks so many boxes for Denver that he almost seems too good to be true. He’s a switchable, floor-spacing, 6-foot-9 champion who could serve as Nikola Jokic’s backup center or play alongside Jokic in double-big lineups.