The Denver Nuggets' new front office did a lot of work over the summer, but one thing they couldn't do was trade Zeke Nnaji. Denver signed Nnaji to a four-year, $32 million extension before the 2023-24 season, and, as Adrian Wojnarowski worded it at the time when he was still with ESPN, Nnaji was "expected to play a more prominent role in the defending champions' lineup" that season.
Nnaji played a career-high 58 games for the Nuggets in the 2023-24 season, but he averaged 9.9 minutes per game, his lowest since his rookie season in 2020-21.