Who says no to this? Possibly the nets but Christian Braun is going to be huge in a couple years. Hes already averaging 15 points a game as a 5th option, most times even 6th behind Russ. And Strawther has 15-20ppg potential with starter minutes. All he needs is time to mature and he will be very good. Denver just doesn’t have that time to wait. Brooklyn giving up 2 first round picks out of the 14 they have, for two young players with very high ceilings doesn’t seem too risky.

The nuggets finally get out of cap hell and get manageable contracts with a couple expiring. Obviously they won’t resign Huerter but that only clears even more cap space once he walks. Denver’s next step would be to move MPJ for a 3 and D player or depth pieces. Worst comes to worst, you can now even keep him since the starting lineup will have defenders in it. Or when he’s stinking it up you can throw in Bruce, Coffey or whoever else the nuggets sign this offseason once Russ, Saric, Vlatko and DJ are off the payroll. Clearing up even more space. Denver would have the potential to be scary deep once the season begins and all deals are done.

Bulls get an elite point guard, a huge Patrick Williams upgrade, an elite young defender in Watson who’s only gonna get better, 3 first round picks which are all potential lottery picks, and a couple seconds.