Denver Nuggets
Jamal Murray is going to be out until sometime closer to the playoffs as he works his way back from an ACL injury suffered at the end of last season, Michael Porter Jr. is now done for the year with a back injury and P.J. Dozier recently went down with an ACL injury, ending his season prematurely.
The Denver Nuggets just keep losing players left and right and with Nikola Jokic being the only high-level contributor left on this roster, it is not hard to believe that this team will look to be active near the trade deadline.
Their cap situation is tight and while they have both Will Barton and Aaron Gordon as contributors on offense, adding Kemba Walker could really tighten things up while Murray works his way back from his knee injury.
All of the Denver Nuggets’ injuries have left them shorthanded at many different positions and while they have a solid amount of depth in their backcourt, adding Kemba Walker would be a really good move for this team.
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All of the Nuggets’ guards have played really well this season given the circumstances they are in without Jamal Murray, but can the team really contend for a championship with Monte Morris as their starting point guard?
He is a great secondary guard, but by adding Kemba Walker to this team, the Nuggets would be helping alleviate some pressure off the back of Nikola Jokic, as well as give him another weapon to play with.
Kemba Walker has shot 41.3% from three-point range on the season, so maybe he could actually thrive as a spot-up shooter on the wing next to Will Barton since Jokic is the Nuggets’ primary facilitator and ball-handler.
Having that “off-ball” guard that can either catch-and-shoot or get to the rim and create space for everyone else could bring a new dynamic to this Nuggets team that really does not have much of an identity on offense other than getting Nikola Jokic the basketball.
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Who Denver would give up to acquire Walker is a big question, but if they were to make this move, it would almost imply that they would be trading veteran forward JaMychal Green, who is making $8.2M this season.
Having Jeff Green and second-year forward Zeke Nnaji, the Nuggets can probably get away with trading JaMychal Green, but overall, this team is not in a good position right now. Adding Kemba Walker could help them from a talent perspective, but they have no money to spend and have too many players out to still be considered a championship threat in the Western Conference.
