So is the dog

https://x.com/sbondynba/status/2090165478958195154?s=46&t=0wqff4cNt-sCGcDs-uMExw

I feel for Joker. At least he won one.

As a Knicks fan, I’m not exactly quaking in my boots.

The math is important here: if they had signed Watson to this deal (and filled out the roster with a vet min player at $2.4M), it would have cost them $200M in tax & salary.

Watson had one great month when Jokic was hurt and then got hurt himself. He might not be good.

I’d watch what they do next. They got an unprotected 2031 pick from Cleveland and have their own unprotected 2033 pick.

We’ll probably see those picks packaged with Christian Braun and/or Cam Johnson for someone more ready to win now than Watson.

@NBABlackburn

The Denver Nuggets summer has now officially gone from a C- or D+ to an F.

I don’t really know how to justify this one to fans. The only thing a 2031 1st rounder does for them is open up the Stepien rule for Denver to trade their own 2031 1st round pick.

Not getting back a player is entirely because the Nuggets are over the second apron. They couldn’t do it legally, and it now costs them their ability to make a trade that benefits the Nuggets in the near term.

Immediate reaction: horrible outcome and one that Denver fans should be concerned about.

@ShamsCharania
As part of the deal, the Cavaliers are sending Tre Mann, the 2027 second-rounder from the Clippers and cash to the Washington Wizards for Cam Whitmore, sources said. The Wizards also are sending Julian Reese to the Nuggets, who will waive Reese off his two-way deal.

Mann fills a positional need as the Wizards have searched for an additional guard in recent weeks — while the Cavaliers gain a smaller salary in Whitmore to create optionality under the first apron.