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The Denver Nuggets will be very limited when it comes to their salary cap space over the offseason, and they could be forced to make some difficult decisions as a result.
One player who faces an uncertain future with the Nuggets is backup big man Jonas Valanciunas, who has one nonguaranteed year remaining on his current contract.
Nuggets predicted to waive Jonas Valanciunas this summer
The Athletic's John Hollinger recently predicted that the Nuggets will waive and stretch Valanciunas, as opposed to keeping him on the roster and paying him his full salary for the 2026-27 season.
From Hollinger:
This one was baked in the day the Nuggets acquired him from the Kings last summer and certified when Valančiūnas couldn’t make an impact in the playoffs. Denver will eat the remaining $2 million, stretch the cap hit over three years and give Valančiūnas his wings to avoid the tax penalties of paying him $10 million.
Valanciunas is well aware that the Nuggets could decide to move on from him this summer.
"First of all, everything depends on whether they trade me, keep me, or not. That is their decision. Right now I think their bigger question is what they will do with the roster in general, who stays and who leaves," Valanciunas said of his future in Denver. "As far as I understand, only Nikola Jokic is untouchable, while everyone else can be traded.”
More to come.
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