One concussion later, Spencer Jones and the Nuggets finally have a deal.
Denver is signing Jones to a standard NBA contract that will enable him to play for the rest of the regular season and playoffs, a league source told The Denver Post on Wednesday. The Nuggets had until Thursday to add a 14th player to their active roster, as teams aren’t allowed to leave multiple spots open for more than two consecutive weeks.
Jones has emerged as a reliable part of Denver’s rotation on a two-way contract this season, serving mostly as an injury replacement for Aaron Gordon in the starting lineup. Players on two-way deals are capped at 50 games per season at the NBA level. The Nuggets have been planning to convert Jones to a standard deal for several weeks, but the process was delayed when he suffered a concussion on the same night he reached his games limit, Feb. 4 in New York.
Denver traded Hunter Tyson the next day to maneuver its payroll under the luxury tax and open up a second roster spot. With Jones injured, the team was suddenly incentivized to wait for him to recover before converting him, as mid-season contracts have prorated salaries based on how much time remains in the season. He was nearing a return as the Nuggets played their last game before the All-Star break, but they opted to hold him out and wait a week to resume contract talks.
“The negotiation that’s going on there obviously is being slow-played because of the concussion,” coach David Adelman said before the break. “So the negotiation, I’ve been updated by (co-general managers) Ben (Tenzer) and Jon (Wallace), but it’s slow-moving.”
The ideal outcome for the Nuggets after the trade deadline, according to multiple league sources, was to go into the playoffs with all 15 roster spots filled if they could add two players while staying under the tax. That remains the case, and by “slow-playing” the Jones situation through the break, they’ve left themselves with slightly more wiggle room. They had about $1.8 million combined to spend between Jones and a potential newcomer.
Adelman confirmed on Wednesday that Denver’s front office is still monitoring for buyout candidates and potential two-way replacements for Jones. Now that he’s been converted, the Nuggets have an opening in one of their three two-way spots. The other two are occupied by undrafted rookie guards Curtis Jones and Tamar Bates.
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“Obviously, what Spencer has done for us this year has been beyond a small impact,” Adelman said. “The guy’s started a million games for us. He’s guarded some of the best players in the league. He’s a big part of what we’ve done.”
Gordon was a partial participant in Denver’s practice on Wednesday, but he remains sidelined by a hamstring strain, making Jones addition back into the rotation a timely one. Peyton Watson was also out with the same injury as the Nuggets returned from the All-Star break Thursday with a game at the Los Angeles Clippers.
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