The deadline for Peyton Watson to sign a rookie extension with the Nuggets came and went with no deal, so P-Wat is on his way to restricted free agency next summer. But Watson told Bennett Durando of the Denver Post that it wasn’t personal, and that “From what I understand, it was just a financial business decision.”
This is certainly true as the team handed out a five-year, $125 million extension to Christian Braun, which will put them right up against the dreaded second apron next season. That comes along with a massive new supermax extension on the horizon for Nikola Jokic, and after the Nuggets owners indicated that they don’t want to pay the luxury tax next year.