Nuggets Offer Peyton Watson Five-Year, $70M Contract

The Denver Nuggets have offered Peyton Watson a five-year, $70 million contract in restricted free agency. The Nuggets value Watson but they are facing severe luxury tax issues unless they are able to trade away a player or two and get below the second apron. Watson has presumably been anchored to the five-year, $125 million contract extension that Christian Braun signed with the Nuggets last October. Watson went on to outplay Braun last season. There have been multiple teams who have made sig...