What the Denver Nuggets can do this offseason
- ›Minimum deals only for outside free agents — no cap room, and no exception left big enough to use.
- ›Over the second apron: can't aggregate salaries, no mid-level, no cash out, and its future first-rounder can be frozen.
- ›Draft capital: 4 extra incoming picks, owes 9.
CapTax1A2A
Minimum$3.9M
Projected record
44-38
Projected net rating
+1.7
Current baseline
44 wins · +1.7 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B+
63
Defense
C+
50
Spacing
A-
69
Playmaking
C-
39
Rim protection
C-
42
Perimeter D
B-
54
Rebounding
C+
48
Spacing +2.5Defensive core +2.1Connectors +0.3Thin playmaking -0.5
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
67Jamal MurrayST29y33m
49Tyus Jones30y15m
48Lonnie Walker IV27y1m
SGShooting
49Christian BraunST25y32m
67Jamal Murray29y3m
51Alpha Diallo27y1m
48DeMar DeRozan37y13m
SFSmall F
51Alpha DialloST27y22m
54Cameron Johnson30y8m
53Marvin Bagley III27y19m
PFPower F
54Cameron JohnsonST30y23m
57Aaron Gordon31y24m
53Marvin Bagley III27y1m
CCenter
100Nikola JokićST31y35m
50DaRon Holmes24y8m
57Aaron Gordon31y4m
44Zeke Nnaji26y1m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
45Spencer Jones41Julian Strawther41Trevon Brazile
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (15)
100CNikola Jokić$59.0M
67PGJamal Murray$50.1M
57PFAaron Gordon$33.7M
54PFCameron Johnson$23.1M
49SGChristian Braun$21.6M
44CZeke Nnaji$7.5M
45SFSpencer JonesNO-TRADE$5.7M
41SFJulian Strawther$4.8M
50PFDaRon Holmes$3.4M
48SFDeMar DeRozanNO-TRADE$2.4M
53PFMarvin Bagley IIINO-TRADE$2.4M
49PGTyus JonesNO-TRADE$2.4M
48SGLonnie Walker IVNO-TRADE$2.4M
51SFAlpha DialloNO-TRADE$1.4M
41PFTrevon BrazileNO-TRADE$1.4M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 prot 1-5’28 kept’29 prot 1-5’30 kept’31 kept’32 → BKN
Incoming picks & swap rights
’28 2nd · from MIN’31 2nd · from SAC
Full ledger — 4 in, 9 out
in 2028 — second round draft pick from Minnesota
in 2031 — first round draft pick from Cleveland
in 2031 — second round draft pick from Sacramento
in 2032 — second round draft pick from Sacramento
out 2027 — first round draft pick to Oklahoma City
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Utah
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Washington
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Oklahoma City
out 2029 — second round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2030 — second round draft pick to Memphis or Oklahoma City
out 2031 — second round draft pick to Chicago
out 2032 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn
out 2032 — second round draft pick to Brooklyn