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The Denver Nuggets proceed to remake their roster within the offseason and have modified up their frontcourt depth.

Per a number of experiences, the Nuggets are buying middle Jonas Valančiūnas from the Sacramento Kings in change for ahead/middle Dario Šarić.

Nuggets obtain:

Kings obtain:

The Sacramento Kings are buying and selling Jonas Valanciunas to the Denver Nuggets for Dario Saric, sources inform ESPN. pic.twitter.com/D2Xmbm4DN1

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2025

There’s no further phrases within the commerce between Sacramento and Denver, sources say. Straight up swap of Jonas Valanciunas for Dario Saric.

– Jake Fischer (@jakelfischer) July 1, 2025

The Nuggets opened the NBA’s free company window not with a reported signing, however with a reported trade by dealing ahead Michael Porter Jr. and a second-round decide to the Brooklyn Nets for swingman Cameron Johnson. Moreover, the Nuggets agreed to a reported one-year deal with free-agent guard Bruce Brown, who was an integral a part of Denver’s 2023 NBA championship crew.

Valančiūnas has performed 13 seasons within the NBA and averaged 10.4 factors, 7.7 rebounds and a couple of assists per recreation final season, break up between the Kings and Washington Wizards.

In D.C., Valančiūnas averaged 11.5 ppg and eight.2 rpg in 20.1 mpg. After being traded to Sacramento, he posted 8.7 ppg and seven rpg in 16.9 mpg in 32 video games there.

Šarić exercised his participant choice with Denver, however noticed his numbers drop drastically in 2024-25 as he posted 3.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 1.4 apg after posting 8 ppg, 4.4 rpg and a couple of.3 apg in 2023-24 with the Golden State Warriors. He appeared in solely 16 video games for Denver final season.

Info from The Related Press was used on this report.