According to the famous Woj report, the Nuggets, Spurs and Green Army are about to complete a 3-party 4-person transaction plan, the Spurs Green Army broke the ice, and the Nuggets killed two birds with one stone.
The specific scheme is as follows:
Nuggets: Get Forbes;
Spurs: Get Hernan Gomez + 2028 second-round pick from the Nuggets;
Green Army: Get Bolpol + Dozil.
Although the deal is not big, for all three teams, it is a situation where each needs to be taken.
Among them, the Nuggets received the biggest player in the deal, Forbes, and was the only team in the deal to receive an immediate power reinforcement.
Forbes only returned to the Spurs in the offseason, playing in 40 games for the Spurs this season, averaging 16.9 minutes per game, earning 9.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1 assist, and shooting 41.7% from three-point range.
Considering that the Nuggets' three-point shooting rate is only 18th in the league this season, Forbes is undoubtedly a reinforcement action, and his ability to bring outside finishing will open up space for Jokic, and will also play Jokic's containment and passing ability.
In addition, according to salary expert Bobby Marks, the Dozier ($1.9 million annual salary) and Pol-Pohr ($2.1 million annual salary) cleared by the Nuggets in the trade are both expiring contracts, while The Forbes contract is only $4.5 million.
If the deal goes well, the Nuggets' total salary will be below the $1.5 million tax line and could free up another player's spot, killing two birds with one stone.
For the Spurs, the deal is also lucrative, meeting the team's rebuilding pace.
Forbes, who returned to the team in the offseason, only signed a one-year contract, the team did not trade him, and could only watch him leave in vain, through this deal, the team successfully got a second-round pick.
He also got Hernan Gomez, a player worthy of team development, who averaged 12.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1 steal while playing for the Timberwolves, shooting 42 percent from three-point range.
Unfortunately, due to injury problems, he failed to further improve himself, and was immediately sold by the team.
Joining the Green Army this season has not been a chance, and this time being sent to the Spurs is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Hernangomez to prove himself.
It is believed that the Spurs in the reconstruction stage will also give Hernan Gomez a certain chance, plus Hernan Gomez's $7.4 million contract next year is not guaranteed, even if Hernangomez does not play, it will not affect the pace of the team's reconstruction.
Finally, the Celtics, who took over Bolpol and Dozil, followed up with the famous Woj report, the Green Army will not choose to lay off two people, at least not before the trade deadline.
Polpol, who has only recently undergone surgery on his right foot and will be sidelined for 8-12 weeks, dozil is also in the recovery phase, but the Greens believe the two's Bird clause will help the team in the future.
In addition, according to the analysis of salary expert Bobby Marks, after the completion of the transaction, the Green Army salary is only $850,000 above the line (assuming that Brown's 1.9 million All-Star reward is not triggered, and the current probability will not be triggered), only a slight adjustment is needed to successfully reduce the total salary below the tax line.
It is worth mentioning that if the deal is successfully finalized, it will be the first time in the history of the league that the Spurs have completed a deal with the Green Army.
It is not difficult to see from this icebreaking that the Green Army's eagerness to reinforce, according to Celtic reporter Brian Robb, the Green Army can trade except for the double probe flower (Tatum, Brown) and Robert Williams.
Team boss Uduka confirmed the claim, saying stevens' phone rang non-stop, and in the short time after the game, there were more than a dozen calls, and the Green Army's goal was also clear, a backcourt core, plus some wing players who could play as a substitute for the double probe.