Is there a championship worse than the Nuggets in history? No one believed they could defend their title.
In the history of the league, if a team wins the championship that year, it can always attract some big-name players to join at a low price in the offseason, hoping that they can also get a championship ring or play a price.
But the Nuggets can't attract any big-name players, not even ordinary players, who don't want to come to the Nuggets, and their championship signboard is not attractive to the league's free agents.
Not only did the Nuggets lose the top two bench players on the team, Bruce Brown and Jeff Green, but the only mid-class contract was also left to Reggie Jackson, who didn't play time in the playoffs.
They have done nothing so far in the offseason, signing only a Justin Holloday in free agency, and other than that, their focus is actually only rookie.
So the Nuggets are probably the worst championship team the league has ever had, and it's clear that the Nuggets can't defend their title in the eyes of the vast majority of players, so what's the point of sacrificing a salary to run?
After all, the Nuggets' championship this year is indeed insufficient, either playing play-off teams or playing the Suns with injuries to important players, and the Suns are still the highest-ranked team they have ever encountered, plus now that Bruce Brown is gone, what do the Nuggets rely on to defend their title?
