Over the past three years, general manager Tim Connelly has responsibly handled the Nuggets salary cap. He’s balanced good market value contracts for quality starters with an exciting group of young players on rookie scale deals. Connelly has kept anywhere from $20-$37 million in cap room available for this summer, which means the Nuggets should be active come free agency.
While it’s unlikely a top-tiered free agent would consider taking his talents to Denver this year, or that the Nuggets would pursue a max-level guy, nor should they, there’s still money to spend. Connelly has gone on record saying how much Denver values continuity and how he personally thinks it’s “one of the most underrated aspects of the NBA.