Nuggets reach a deal with the Nets, Porter Jr. + first round Cameron Johnson, Nuggets are completely revived

The time is coming to early July, and the first day of this month happens to be the 2025 NBA Free Market Open Day.

Although there are no heavyweight super big fish in this year's free market, there are also some role players who are enough to change the competition landscape of the league to enter the market.

It can be seen that in just one day, a series of major signings have been completed, causing considerable changes in the competitive landscape and territory of the entire league.

It is worth mentioning that on the day of the free market opening day, the NBA also gave birth to a heavyweight big deal. This transaction further affected the competitive landscape in the West.

On July 1, ESPN reporter Shams reported that the Nuggets sent Michael Porter Jr. and the Nets to the Nets for Cameron Johnson in the unprotected first round in 2032.

Michael Porter Jr. is averaging 18.2 points, 7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season, but he only averaged 9.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game in the playoffs. His salary in the next two years will be: $38.33 million and $40.81 million respectively.

Cameron Johnson played 57 times for the Brooklyn Nets this season, averaging 31.6 minutes per game, scoring 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.4 blocks and 0.9 steals, shooting percentage of 47.5%, three-point shooting percentage of 39.0%, and free throw shooting percentage of 89.3%. His salary in the next two years is: $2,054 and $22.5 million. In the 2021 offseason, the Nuggets gave Porter Jr. a five-year, 173 million contract renewal contract, and the bonus can reach up to 207 million in five years. After receiving such a big contract, Porter Jr.'s performance continued to decline.

Especially in recent years, with more and more injuries, Porter Jr.'s only function is to shoot empty shots. However, even the shooting job was not done properly. In this playoffs, if Porter Jr. hadn't been used to making a fuss, the Nuggets might have really beaten the Thunder.

Now, the Nuggets have taken over the first round draft pick in 2032 and sent Porter Jr. The Nets exchanged sharpshooter Cameron Johnson, which is undoubtedly a very positive and positive deal for the Nuggets. Although the Nuggets lost the unprotected first-round draft pick in 2032, it was already seven or eight years later. At that time, Jokic was 38 years old. It is still unknown whether he could stay with the Nuggets. The Nuggets chose to trade the future for the present. Before

, as the championship team, the Nuggets had entered a dead end. They had neither first-round draft pick nor salary space in the future. It seems that the team is facing a fall apart, especially given the huge luxury tax to be paid and the issue of Jokic's need for a super maximum salary renewal. Many people are worried that the Nuggets will split the team for this and even send Jokic away.

Now, the Nuggets fired General Manager Booth, which quickly improved the situation. They used only this deal to revitalize the team. The arrival of

Cameron Johnson has increased the Nuggets' outside firepower. Jokic has more helpers, and the Nuggets also signed former champion member Bruce Brown, and the vitality of the bench has also been improved.

Next, the Nuggets have a lot of room to continue to strengthen. Their main problem last season was that there were too few people playing and the lineup was not deep enough. Now, the Nuggets will soon solve this series of problems, which is really something to look forward to.

The new season will inevitably be a situation where the Thunder, Rockets, Nuggets and Mavericks compete for power.

It seems that the NBA is destined to be more exciting next season.