Nuggets owner says the second apron could force them to consider trading Jokic

[Kblaze8855]

https://x.com/thedunkcentral/status/1937598877307138404?s=46&t=6wC01e_jvrTUpW4eOxrXKA



If the wrong player gets injured at least. I suppose he’s saying if they go into the second apron and someone they know they can’t win without like Murray or Gordon goes down but still has to be paid they would consider trading Jokic to get themselves out of it?

Just a weird line of thinking to entertain in that position. Almost feels like he’s laying the groundwork for a reset if they don’t get back to winning while committing to spending money.

guess he doesn’t wanna risk being financially unstable when he’s gonna inherit the Nuggets, Rams, an NHL franchise, Arsenal, six or seven stadiums and arenas and a chunk of Walmart considering his grandfather founded the company so his dad is actually the poorer parent.

anyway, this opens the door for some ridiculous spec speculation.

Who do you think could make them say yes to a Jokić trade that would allow them to also cut salary?

It would have to be like Cooper Flagg an expiring Anthony Davis and every pick the NBA would authorize.

[RRR3]

I'm retarded
:biggums:

[Kblaze8855]

It would end up being Chet and filler with five first rounders I bet.

[RRR3]

You never trade a guy like Jokic in his prime though.

[Real Men Wear Green]

It just shows that there are owners (probably most of them) whose #1 priority is money. If that wasn't the case the second apron wouldn't exist.

[Real Men Wear Green]

You never trade a guy like Jokic in his prime though.
You are thinking like a fan that just wants to see winning. Money is more important to him than that.

[RRR3]

You are thinking like a fan that just wants to see winning. Money is more important to him than that.
Jokic makes the team a lot of money. So does winning, which you need guys like Jokic for.

[Kblaze8855]

I highly suspect winning doesn’t make as much money as you have to pay when you get into repeater luxury tax. There teams primed to kick out half a billion to not win. Whatever all around business increases come with being a champion probably don’t cover that.

[tontoz]

Maybe he should have thought about that before paying Murray $50+ million per year.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Jokic makes the team a lot of money. So does winning, which you need guys like Jokic for. That repeater tax and what the second apron can do change the game. I don't know for a fact what the Nuggets and other teams make but before the offseason began teams were looking at spending half a billion dollars for just one season. That's due to second apron and repeater tax penalties and these are things the owners wanted to force themselves into financial discipline. Kroenke cares about winning but his teams still have to make him money. Guy isn't worth. 18 billion without being focused on money.

[Axe]

It just shows that there are owners (probably most of them) whose #1 priority is money. If that wasn't the case the second apron wouldn't exist.
He seems to be satisfied already with one ring. It's still better than having nothing at all.

[Kblaze8855]

I bet owners look at fans like that episode of South Park, where the homeless people wanted infinite change and didn’t even appreciate when you had already given them change.


https://youtu.be/1UAF8ISSAdw?si=jQpPQdj_SM4Heqcr



They spend the money necessary to win and then fans are immediately shitting on them if they don’t win again the next year. One probably is enough once you realize it doesn’t make you as much money as it cost to win it and that it just raises his expectations for you to spend exponentially more to stay in the hunt.

You put together a team that can win and try to keep it together with the increased money championship players tend to demand? And the luxury tax and repeater tax and the second apron that starts taking possible assets? Fans are asking you to spend a billion every two years just to stay in contention when most contenders are never gonna win anyway.

The championship owners probably feel like Kyle when he gave that one homeless goy 20 bucks He had been saving up and all the guy wanted to know is if he had anymore.

[Meticode]

You never trade a guy like Jokic in his prime though.

Tell Nico Harrison that. Nuggets are already talking to Silver about gifting the #1 in the draft in the next year or two. :oldlol:

[highwhey]

Beal for Jokic les go.

[Duffy Pratt]

You never trade a guy like Jokic in his prime though.

You never fire a championship coach, on a team with first round home court, with five games left in the season.

[HylianNightmare]

:biggums:

This