Overview

• Denver sent Dario Saric to Sacramento in mid-July to complete the trade for veteran center Jonas Valanciunas.
• Panathinaikos has tabled a three-year EuroLeague offer but cannot sign him without a Nuggets release under FIBA regulations.
• With Valanciunas’s $10.4 million guaranteed for 2025-26 and a non-guaranteed 2026-27 salary, Denver retains clear negotiating leverage.
• Executive vice president Ben Tenzer and co-GM Jonathan Wallace have publicly declared “no concerns” and expect him in Denver for training camp.
• Valanciunas is slated to spell three-time MVP Nikola Jokic off the bench and bolster the Nuggets’ frontcourt depth.