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Nuggets linked to $93 million multi-time All-Star and NBA champion to help Nikola Jokic originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Denver Nuggets already have the league's #1 offense by offensive rating, points per game and 3-point percentage.
But according to one veteran NBA insider, the Nuggets want more.
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During an appearance Thursday night on the DLLS Dallas Mavericks podcast, Marc Stein reported that the Nuggets would "love" to get their hands on former NBA champion Khris Middleton -- should he secure a contract buyout from the Mavericks.
Marc Stein on Khris Middleton: “I know Denver would love to get him.”
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Middleton, dealt to Dallas from the Washington Wizards in the Anthony Davis blockbuster earlier this month, has played six games for the Mavericks and has done practically what he's always done: knock down the 3-ball.
Middleton is shooting 38.1 percent from behind the arc in Dallas, close to his career average of 38.5 percent. The three-time All-Star is in his 14th NBA season and would no doubt like to add a second championship to the title he won with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.
The Nuggets shoot better than 39 percent from 3-point range as a team, and Denver averages better than 120 points per game. But since superstar center Nikola Jokic's return from a knee injury, the Nuggets have just a 5-6 record and have slipped to fourth in the Western Conference.
Adding a veteran shooter like Middleton would fortify Denver's rotation, in hopes that the Nuggets leapfrog the Houston Rockets and snag the #3 seed in the West come April.