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Things just keep heating up as we approach draft day which a lot of league executives predicted, but the Denver Nuggets could be well on their way to a fire sale which might help the organization.
According to Yahoo! Sports Marc Spears The Denver Nuggets have made the former 6th overall pick Danilo Gallinari available for trade which isn’t necessarily a surprise as the Nuggets have said everyone is available.
The Nuggets have made injury plagued but offensively talented forward Danilo Gallinari available for trade, a source told Yahoo Sports.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) June 25, 2015
Gallinari has suffered injuries nearly every season, but has displayed an ability to score the basketball averaging 14 points and 4 rebounds in his career.
A deal for Gallinari might be tough though as the injuries are a concern especially after coming off a torn meniscus, and a “botched” surgery on that knee.
The Nuggets more than likely are trying to just unload Gallinari’s salary or gain draft picks in the process, which is obviously ideal for a rebuild which should have been done earlier.
Is it a foregone conclusion that Gallinari is traded tomorrow night no, but I’d expect him to be dealt sometime during the off-season.
Gallinari will make a nice piece for a 3rd scoring option on a team, but the big question is if he can stay healthy. The one high point of taking on Gallinari is he is a free agent after the 2015-2015 season, but they’ll still have to pay him close to $12 million for that one season.
Who knows maybe George Karl gets the gang back together in a DeMarcus Cousins trade, and adds another former player of his.
