Here is Hollinger’s write up on Brown. I find it weird there has been some rumors Houston may offer Brooks big money. Personally, the smarter investment would be Brown for me.
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2. Bruce Brown, 26, Denver (player option): $17,764,642
Brown was one of the best 2022 free-agent signings in the league, if not the best, helping the Nuggets to the NBA Finals on a bargain $6.5 million contract. (Although some people had him rated as the top free-agent small forward last summer.)
He’ll likely opt out of the second year of that deal and get paid this summer, with virtually every team with midlevel exception money or more circling him as a possibility. The Nuggets will have no Bird rights on Brown, so the only possibility of his staying is to sign a one-year deal for $7.7 million and then re-sign in Denver as an early Bird rights free agent a year from now for a likely $13.6 million. Even those numbers, however, seem to badly undervalue Brown, so it’s more likely he flies the coop.
I really haven't thought much on Kuzma. There are certain nights he looks like an all star though.
Although if we are talking about close to 30 million a year, I would prefer to let others get him.
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2. Bruce Brown, 26, Denver (player option): $17,764,642
Brown was one of the best 2022 free-agent signings in the league, if not the best, helping the Nuggets to the NBA Finals on a bargain $6.5 million contract. (Although some people had him rated as the top free-agent small forward last summer.)
He’ll likely opt out of the second year of that deal and get paid this summer, with virtually every team with midlevel exception money or more circling him as a possibility. The Nuggets will have no Bird rights on Brown, so the only possibility of his staying is to sign a one-year deal for $7.7 million and then re-sign in Denver as an early Bird rights free agent a year from now for a likely $13.6 million. Even those numbers, however, seem to badly undervalue Brown, so it’s more likely he flies the coop.
I really haven't thought much on Kuzma. There are certain nights he looks like an all star though.
Although if we are talking about close to 30 million a year, I would prefer to let others get him.