[Shams] Phoenix is trading No. 22 to Denver, which takes DaRon Holmes II, sources say. Nuggets send No. 28, No. 56 and two future second round picks to the Suns, sources said. Phoenix moves back several slots and picks up assets.
by vonheisenberg
@Denver Nuggets
39 Comments
Great pick
Fuck yea!
Love the player but don’t love what we gave up for him
Hopefully he provides a scoring punch off the bench right away. Especially if KCP is gone, he might get minutes right away when everyone moves up the totem pole
Love the pick but it seems like we gave up quite a bit to move up in a weak draft
WHOA
Good luck to the kid, I think he’s clearly the best pick of the last two years. only issue is size. People compare to zeke but Zeke is a much better athlete but much worse at every skill aspect of basketball (Passing, shooting, ballhandling, footwork, ect) than Holmes.
Call me biased but give me skill.
In Booth we trust.
Hmm I expected this as we promised him but 3 2nd rounders to move up 6 spots is kinda crazy
Package him up for a veteran that can help Denver win now. No need for rookies
Can backup both Jokic and Aaron Gordon. Good pick
Our off season is gonna be draft him, lose KCP and otherwise run it back, isn’t it?
Seems like a humble dude
I’m happy as fuck. Got the guy we wanted, even at a larger price than we thought.
I apologize to Booth, I never should’ve said those things about him
Cookn’t
LGF!!!!!
Nuggets must have heard someone else was going for him and he’d not drop to 28?
Where Zeke going
I SAID LETS GOOOOO
Honestly. Those 4 picks are indeed worthless look at our current timeline. We are contender so we should be doing everything to add guys to help us right now. Holmes is a great pick. I got my doubts because he’s really undersized for the position.
He’s pretty much on the AGordon height rate, but hey. Everything from the kid looks good so let’s move on into the next step on the plan. Get rid of that sorry ass Nnaji dude. Hope we can somehow…someway get Micic from the Hornets hell into our teams and i would be extremely happy with our performances on the offseason
Dude looks like he’ll be the new Vanderbilt with the dreads and play style
lol hopefully it works out better than zeke
Love this so much. A bunch of seconds (however ironic this is) doesn’t matter in the Jokic era. Win now move, we went and got our guy
Great move
Calvin is so naive. We gave up 3 picks to move up only 6 spots in a weak draft to get our guy all bc he telegraphed our target.
player comp Naz Reid not bad
dunno how we’re moving zeke without any picks, hopefully we’re working on something.
Amazing pick, it cost a bit but I think it’s gonna be worth it in the long run. This gives us some depth we desperately need.
Great pick! I hope he is ready for the big time
excellent pick
Cool pick. He runs the pick and roll well. Scores well at the basket. Can play the post well with back to the basket. Has some decent shooting range and decent 3 point shot for a bigger guy (on low volume). Also makes good decisions depending on what the defense shows. Can give Gordon and Jokic breathers and provide scoring off the bench. May be able to play some of the baseline finisher Gordon does when with Jokic.
So im completely understanding?? Denver traded 4 picks for this kid?? Not being rude he sounds like a beast but im just need clarification!!!
Let’s goooooo
Either Booth telegraphed his pick or Holmes has a great agent. Nevertheless the Suns smartly played us to acquire trade assets to rebuild.
*bench depth
My only hope, taco bell commercial during the 22nd.
Great management.
I think we still need a backup big on a vet minimum and maybe play Holmes at the 4 more
Probably going to get down voted to oblivion. I just need someone to explain it to me.
Not a lifelong Nuggets fan by any means. Hopped on in 2017 because of Jokic. But I’m seriously questioning Calvin Booth’s direction. While Braun and PWat have had roles, calling either vital to the nuggets success is a stretch. Strawther I don’t have an issue with as I think he was the best available, as he couldn’t seem to catch a break this past year.
Drafting zeke fine, extending him then not playing him…. War crimes. Obviously the Bones pick didnt work out, not sure if that’s a lack of digging or a bad break.
Then there’s tonight. If they had taken Holmes with #28 I would have been miffed but not furious. But no this guy trades away 4 picks to get Holmes. Another project. This team is in win now mode and has been. But from looking at the players they have been drafting you wouldn’t think so.
Ngl I never heard of him until a few weeks ago when people starting mentioning denver was interested
And then he started shooting up mock draft boards so I didn’t think we had a chance. So I started ignoring any news…didn’t want to get my hopes up for a guy we couldn’t get
But we got him. Pretty damn cool. Looking forward to watching him play.