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Nuggets can offer Bruce Brown $7.8 million for the 2023-24 season

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Updated21 Jun 2023

Denver Nuggets can offer Bruce Brown $7.8 million for the 2023-24 season

The Denver Nuggets can offer a max $7.8 million to Bruce Brown for the 2023-24 season. On Wednesday, Brown declined his $6.8 million player option for next season to become an unrestricted free agent.

If Brown decides to remain in Denver on such a deal, the 6-foot-4 forward would receive a player option in the second year of his new contract, according to ESPN NBA Front Office Insider Bobby Marks.

Per a few NBA betting sites, the Nuggets are the early favorites to win next season’s championship in 2024. Sportsbooks are still showing favorable odds for the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns.


However, the Nuggets cannot afford to pay Bruce Brown Jr. any more than that since Denver is a tax team, and he has non-bird rights. Based on his performances this past 2022-23 season, Brown could receive more on the open market in free agency.

Brown, 26, made 31 starts in 80 appearances with Denver. He averaged career highs of 11.5 points and 28.5 minutes per game. Along with logging 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, the wing also shot 48.3% from the floor and 35.8% beyond the arc.

Denver Nuggets can offer Bruce Brown a maximum of $7.8 million for the 2023-24 season; Brown declined $6.8 million player option

In Denver’s 119-115 regular-season finale loss to the Phoenix Suns on Apr. 6, the forward scored a career-high 31 points in 39 minutes as a starter. He finished 11-of-18 (61.1%) shooting from the field and made all nine of his free throws.

During the Nuggets’ championship parade in Denver, head coach Michael Malone mentioned the Massachusetts native. “Is Brucey B. going anywhere?” he asked the crowd. “Hell no, hell no.”

At the podium, Brown then said to the crowd, “I got a question for ya’ll. One question, one question, one question. One more year?” Last offseason, the forward signed a two-year, $13 million deal with Denver after wondering why teams weren’t interested in him.


Following Brown’s triple-double performance in a 131-126 overtime win against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov. 23, Malone called Brown “a kid that I’d love to coach” for the foreseeable future.

If Brown decides to leave during free agency, he can sign with a team that has cap space or with the $12.2 million non-tax midlevel. Since his options are limited, it would come as no surprise if the Miami (FL) product decides to stay with the Nuggets.

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