Thursday’s NBA trade deadline was a quiet one around the league compared to last year’s final hour of madness, but it was a productive one for the Denver Nuggets.
Denver was able to ship veteran guard Randy Foye to the Oklahoma City Thunder for D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak and two 2016 second-round picks.
After the deadline, ESPN.com’s Marc Stein reported that the Nuggets are planning on buying out both Novak and reserve big man J.J. Hickson‘s contracts. Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski also reported earlier this week that the Nuggets were likely to buy out Hickson’s contract if they were unable to trade him, and his prediction looks to soon be reality.