Denver Nuggets’ beat writer Bennett Durando for ‘The Denver Post’ reported that power forward Peyton Watson is on pace for an expensive contract. The Nuggets may explore other options, and if the LA Clippers stay optimistic and tell themselves with confidence that Watson will choose them, maybe he will.
Watson will be a restricted free agent, but that may be a non-factor for the Nuggets. Lawrence Frank just has to send the defensive stud a double-figure contract, inches beyond Denver’s price range, and they will not have to worry about a matched offer from the 2023 champions.