Last season, the Nuggets went into the regular season with a backup front line featuring DeAndre Jordan, Dario Saric, and Zeke Nnaji. That obviously ended disastrously as DJ hasn’t been re-signed and is likely to retire, Saric was dumped to the Kings, and Nnaji now figures to waste away on the Nuggets’ bench.
Surely they tried to move his contract this summer, and perhaps they’ll give him some minutes here and there to boost his trade “value” around the league, but make no mistake, actions speak louder than words. And the team’s actions have made it clear that the 24-year-old Nnaji is not part of their plans.