While the Denver Nuggets may not have had the flashiest offseason, they drastically improved their team on paper.<\/p>\n
The team made a huge gamble when they traded away Michael Porter Jr., breaking up their once-championship core even further. However, they were able to add Cam Johnson, Bruce Brown, and Jonas Valanciunas in the process. If the 2025 NBA Playoffs proved anything, it’s that the Nuggets could be the best team in the Western Conference if they had depth, and now they have it.<\/p>\n
Denver is trading Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick to Brooklyn for Cam Johnson, per @ShamsCharania<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GoDqBLrIKG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA TV (@NBATV) June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Nuggets didn’t make a blockbuster move like adding Kevin Durant, but NBA legend Charles Barkley believes they had one of the best summers in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cI think (the Nuggets) and the Houston Rockets have probably had the best summers (in the NBA),\u201d Barkley said to Sean Keeler of the Denver Post<\/a>. “And (the Nuggets), they\u2019ve got the best player in the world. They just needed some more depth. They kind of broke the team up after they won the first championship (2023), and that\u2019s really unfortunate. (They\u2019ve) still got the best player.”<\/p>\n Barkley went on to add that he believes the Denver Nuggets had the best chance at beating the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder. While one could argue that the Indiana Pacers may have had the best chance, the Nuggets easily had the best chance in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n