Nuggets are eager to bring back a surprising player before the trade deadline.
With the exchange due date approaching, the guarding NBA champions may be sharp on bringing back a [checks notes] five-point-per-game scorer.
The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor composed in his most recent column that the Denver Pieces are considering bringing back experienced protect Monte Morris of the Detroit Cylinders in a exchange. O’Connor notes that Denver is in require of a reinforcement off the seat.
The 28-year-old clearly isn’t a garish title. But he is still beautiful well-loved in Denver, having been a homegrown talent who went through the primary five seasons of his career with them. Allowed, Morris was not on Denver’s championship group final season, having been exchanged as portion of the bundle for individual protect Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in 2022.
But he found the middle value of 10.5 focuses and 3.7 helps a diversion in his Chunks career (counting as a starter when Jamal Murray was out with a torn ACL in 2021-22) and is recognizable with the way that head coach Michael Malone runs things.
Morris, who is down to 4.5 focuses per amusement in an greatly constrained part for the bottom-feeding Cylinders this year, has a few juice as a playmaker and can coordinate a moment unit superior than score-first watch Reggie Jackson (Murray’s current reinforcement). He will be a free operator after the season and may be worth the get-together call from the Chunks, particularly with his skill for clutch play.