{"id":764820,"date":"2026-06-28T01:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764820\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T01:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:33:12","slug":"stein-fischers-latest-nuggets-mamukelashvili-hachimura-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764820\/","title":{"rendered":"Stein\/Fischer’s Latest: Nuggets, Mamukelashvili, Hachimura, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the Nuggets have had internal discussions about whether they have the requisite assets to trade for Jaylen Brown<\/a>, they\u2019re not currently viewed as a \u201cbonafide landing spot\u201d for the Celtics\u2018 star wing, sources tell Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line<\/a> (Substack link).<\/p>\n

As Stein and Fischer write, the Nuggets are attempting to thread a difficult needle of upgrading their roster around Nikola Jokic<\/a> and re-signing restricted free agent Peyton Watson<\/a>. While the team is confident it will be able to keep Watson, there\u2019s a growing sense that the team might have to trade \u201cat least one\u201d starter to do so.<\/p>\n

Aaron Gordon<\/a> has drawn the most trade interest of the non-Jokic starters to this point, per Stein and Fischer, but the Nuggets seem to want to keep Gordon and Jamal Murray<\/a>, preferring instead to trade either Cameron Johnson<\/a> or Christian Braun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Stein and Fischer, Jonas Valaniunas is not expected to return next season and that may apply to Tim Hardaway Jr.<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more from Stein and Fischer\u2019s latest round-up of NBA rumors:<\/p>\n

The Raptors are \u201cbracing\u201d for backup forward\/center Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/a> to test the open market in free agency, sources tell The Stein Line. Toronto still hopes to re-sign Mamukelashvili before league-wide free agency opens on June 30, Stein and Fischer clarify, but the Georgian big man is expected to draw interest from multiple teams for a significant chunk of the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, which projects to be worth about $15MM next season.
\nThe Nets and Spurs are among the teams with interest in free agent forward Rui Hachimura<\/a>, Stein and Fischer report. The 28-year-old averaged 11.5 points on .514\/.443\/.694 shooting splits in 68 games (28.3 minutes per contest) with the Lakers last season.
\nMagic center Moritz Wagner<\/a> is another player who could change teams, according to Stein and Fischer, who say the German big man has signaled a willingness to leave Orlando and is expected to have multiple suitors on the open market.
\nThe Hawks explored a trade for Mavericks center Daniel Gafford<\/a> ahead of the February deadline, but were only willing to part with second-round picks to acquire him, sources tell Stein and Fischer. According to The Stein Line, the Mavs attempted to land a first-round pick in a trade involving Gafford prior to this week\u2019s draft, but were unsuccessful in those efforts.
\nMaccabi Tel Aviv shooting guard Lonnie Walker IV<\/a> could return to the NBA this summer, according to Stein, who reports (via Twitter<\/a>) that the Walker is expected to have some NBA suitors this offseason. The 27-year-old has an NBA opt out until July 15, Stein adds. Walker\u2019s last NBA stint came in 2024\/25, when he spent the final two months of that season with the Sixers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Nuggets have had internal discussions about whether they have the requisite assets to trade for Jaylen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[3891,64,63,726,45197,1663,133338,3901,15610,364569,30566,3906,3909,53897,70739,85,4701],"class_list":["post-764820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-cameron-johnson","tag-christian-braun","tag-daniel-gafford","tag-jamal-murray","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-lonnie-walker","tag-moritz-wagner","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-peyton-watson","tag-rui-hachimura","tag-sandro-mamukelashvili","tag-sports","tag-tim-hardaway-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}