The NBA regular season is a month away, and the training camps are set to begin in a couple of weeks. The NBA this offseason has been full of surprises and changes with NBA stars transferring teams, new NBA rules, and a new player friendly schedule for next season. Here are a couple of more updates on the NBA free agency:
Denver Nuggets keep frontcourt core
The Denver Nuggets last season acquired Mason Plumlee from the Portland Trailblazers in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic and a first-round draft pick. Adrian Wojnarowski of NBA ESPN has reported that Mason Plumlee has agreed to a three-year 41 million dollar contract this offseason.
Mason Plumlee could have signed a 4.6 million dollar qualifying offer for the 2017-2018 regular season that will result in him being an unrestricted free agent in the offseason of 2018. Next season the Denver Nuggets now have a frontcourt rotation that consists of Nikola Jokic, Paul Millsap, and Kenneth Faried for next season.
Mason Plumlee entered the NBA in the offseason of 2013 where he was drafted by the Brooklyn Nets with the 22nd overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. He had a decent rookie season by averaging 7.4 points, 0.8 blocks, 0.7 steals, 0.9 assists, and 4.4 rebounds while shooting 57.3 percent from the field and 49.5 percent from the charity stripe. He played a total of two seasons for the Brooklyn Nets before he was traded to the Portland Trailblazers for Steve Blake and the draft rights of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
He played his best season of his NBA career in 2016 averaging a career high in points, rebounds, assists, and blocks. Denver saw his potential and initiated a trade to acquire him later that season. As of this offseason, he has NBA career averages of nine points, 0.9 blocks, 0.8 steals, two assists, and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 55.9 percent from the field and 58.2 percent from the charity stripe.
Phoenix Suns acquire Alec Peters
RealGM staff report has reported that the Phoenix Suns have signed Alec Peters, he is the 54th overall pick of the Suns in this years NBA Draft. Alec Peter is a 22-year-old American basketball player who played at Valparaiso University during his college days. He had college averages of 17.5 points, 0.3 blocks, 0.8 steals, 1.5 assists, and 7.4 rebounds while shooting 48.7 percent from the field, 41.6 percent from beyond the arc, and 84.6 percent from the charity stripe. This offseason he now has the opportunity to show that he deserves to play at the NBA level.
