DENVER — Five days after acquiring and then waiving Mo Williams to get closer to the salary cap floor, the Nuggets have claimed the veteran point guard off waivers and plan to release him again, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein.
Williams, 34, along with cash considerations, was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks by Denver last week in exchange for the rights to 2005 second-round draft pick Cenk Akyol. The Nuggets, who sat approximately $10 million below the salary floor at the time, were looking to pay Williams’ salary this season in order to get $2.