Nuggets' slam dunk offseason move was dumping awful contract

Philadelphia 76ers v Chicago Bulls | Jonathan Daniel/GettyImagesThe Nuggets made a lot of great moves this offseason, totally rebuilding their rotation and adding meaningful depth. But perhaps their biggest win of the summer was getting off of Dario Saric’s contract without surrendering an asset.

Saric was signed last offseason for the taxpayers' midlevel exception and inexplicably given a player option in year two by Calvin Booth. Saric proved to be completely unplayable a few games into the season and was glued to the bench for most of the season.

He eagerly and obviously opted into his $5.7 million guaranteed contract for this coming season and was set to be dead money and a waste of a…