From the outside vantage point, the Nuggets’ trade deadline moves were marginal. Inside Denver’s organization, they were deemed necessary to elevate their championship odds. via msinger
The Mavericks added arguably the best ball-handler in the NBA to help alleviate some of Luka Doncic’s workload. In Kyrie Irving, Dallas has another creator and another clutch scorer with significant postseason experience. Whether his myriad distractions detract from Dallas’ quest is a question everyone in the league is wondering. Talent-wise, Dallas got better and more formidable, though both Doncic and Irving still need the ball in their hands to be optimized.
Hate to say it, but the Lakers got better, too. The situation with Russell Westbrook appeared to be untenable before they flipped him and just one future first-round pick for D’Angelo Russell and former Nuggets Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt. In Russell, the Lakers found a productive bench scorer; in Beasley and Vanderbilt, they found two supplementary pieces to pair around LeBron James.
Those moves paled in comparison to the seismic deal Phoenix orchestrated. The Suns, seizing on an apparent opening in the West and capitalizing on the zeal of new ownership, traded valuable wings Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson and Jae Crowder, plus four first-round picks, for Kevin Durant. It was the type of deal you make when you sense an opening to win a championship, which was clearly what Phoenix concluded.
As the Nuggets watched the chaos of the trade deadline unfold, the only solace they could take as Irving and Durant joined their rivals was that it came at the expense of defense, opponents’ best chance of stopping Denver’s elite attack. Wings Dorian Finney-Smith, Bridges, and Johnson are all in Brooklyn, unavailable to help as Denver unloads its offensive arsenal. Those were calculated decisions by Denver’s rivals. We’ll know whether they worked later this summer.
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