NBA Trade Deadline

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DENVER, Feb. 8, 2018 – The Denver Nuggets have acquired guard Devin Harris from Dallas and a 2018 second round draft pick from New York in a three-team trade. Denver sent guard Emmanuel Mudiay to New York and a 2018 second round pick (via Portland) to Dallas while New York sent forward Doug McDermott to Dallas in the deal, President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly announced today.

Harris, 6-3, 192, appeared in 44 games (one start) for Dallas this season, averaging 8.5 points, 1.9 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game. Over 14 seasons, Harris has appeared in 890 career games (446 starts) for Dallas, New Jersey, Utah and Atlanta averaging 11.2 points, 4.1 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 25.1 minutes per game.

The 34-year-old has played in 64 playoff games (31 starts) holding averages of 9.1 points, 2.6 assists and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 45.0% from the field in 23.7 minutes per game. The University of Wisconsin product was also named to the NBA Eastern Conference All-Star team during the 2008-09 season while playing for the New Jersey Nets.

Mudiay, 6-5, 200, appeared in 165 games (107 starts) in three seasons with Denver, averaging 11.1 points, 4.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 25.6 minutes per game. Mudiay was drafted by the Nuggets with the 7th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.

“We can’t thank Emmanuel enough for his time in Denver” President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly said. “Emmanuel has been nothing but a complete professional both on and off the court and has done so much to help improve our organization and the city of Denver. New York is not just getting a good basketball player but a fantastic individual and we wish him the best moving forward.”

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Nuggets Acquire Devin Harris and 2018 Second Round Pick

DENVER, Feb. 23, 2017 – The Denver Nuggets have acquired center Roy Hibbert from Milwaukee in exchange for a protected 2019 second round draft pick, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly announced today.

Hibbert, 7-2, 270, was acquired by Milwaukee from Charlotte in a trade on Feb. 2, 2017, and had yet to appear in a game for the Bucks. He played in 42 games (13 starts) for the Hornets this season, averaging 5.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.10 blocks in 16.0 minutes per game. Overall, the big man has appeared in 656 career games (586 starts) over nine seasons with Indiana, L.A. Lakers and Charlotte, averaging 10.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.75 blocks in 25.0 minutes per game.

Hibbert, 30, is a two-time former Eastern Conference All-Star, having been named as a reserve for the Pacers in both 2012 and 2014. He was also named to the All-NBA Defensive Second Team in 2014. The Georgetown University product was originally selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors before being traded to Indiana on July 9, 2008.

The Nuggets roster currently stands at 15 players.

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Nuggets Acquire Center Roy Hibbert

The Nuggets enter Thursday’s 1 p.m. MT trade deadline in as comfortable a position as they could have imagined. There’s nothing pressing that needs to happen for a team taking a long-view approach to team-building.

Nuggets brass isn’t into making short-sighted decisions, and management’s patience is especially pleasing to coach Michael Malone.

The Nuggets were one of the first out of the gate in deal-making when they acquired athletic forward Mason Plumlee from Portland prior to the All-Star break. Now? With a team sitting eighth in the Western Conference, a host of young players with bright futures, and veterans with experience to guide those players through a playoff race, the Nuggets will be picky.

“You don’t want to paint yourself in a corner and try to make deals just for the sake of making deals,” Connelly said. “We thought there was a need in our front court. If there’s something that’s good, we’re going to do it, but there’s nothing that we have to do right now.”

“Do I look worried?” forward Danilo Gallinari said, smiling. “It’s part of my job. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t I’ll be happier because I don’t want to go anywhere.”

Pressure to make the playoffs is no pressure when it comes to the trade deadline, Malone said.

“I love our ownership, and Josh said it recently: Everything we’re doing is a big picture approach,” he said. “If we just focus on this playoffs, that is a very small-minded approach, and I think we do ourselves a lot of damage if we kind of did that. I love where we’re at, we’re competitive, and all of our young guys are getting better with meaningful minutes.”

Lineup shakeup: Nuggets coach Michael Malone said he will stay with Jameer Nelson as the starting point guard when the team takes the court against Sacramento on Thursday. 

“He’s our starting point guard for right now and he’s done a good job,” Malone said. “He has the trust and respect of his teammates, and he’s done a very good job while Emmanuel’s been out. Who plays behind Jameer, that’s a decision that we’re still trying to figure out.”

Nelson is having a solid season with averages of 9.1 points and 5.0 assists. In any starting lineup combination with Nelson in it, the Nuggets are 7-7. 

Mudiay’s days of starting might not be completely over, Malone said.

“We’ll see how it goes,” Malone said. “We were playing good basketball with Emmanuel as the starter, so it’s not like we were bad with Emmanuel and good with Jameer. When we made the lineup change we were 9-8 with Emmanuel as a starter and maybe we were 7-7 with Jameer as the starter. But right now I’m going to stay with Jameer for the time being, and if we move back to Emmanuel, so be it.”

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Nuggets in Position to Pack Patience at Trade Deadline

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