Nuggets, Tim Hardaway Jr. agree to terms on one-year deal, source says
The Nuggets got rid of Michael Porter Jr and still might ve unveiled a way to increase their league-worst -point volume anyway Free agent guard Tim Hardaway Jr has agreed to a one-year veteran minimum contract with Denver a league source informed The Denver Post on Tuesday Hardaway is the squad s second acquisition of free agency joining Bruce Brown Hardaway shot from -point range last season on six attempts per competition while averaging minutes for the Detroit Pistons He has also played for Dallas New York and Atlanta over the class of a -year NBA career He ll join Cam Johnson among the Nuggets new floor-spacing ranks next season as they attempt to ease the burden on Nikola Jokic in the post For two consecutive years since winning their first NBA championship they have attempted the fewest -pointers in the league and defenses have responded to their personnel by shrinking the paint against Jokic more frequently Denver obtained Johnson on Monday night in a arrangement that sent Porter the company s best volume shooter of yesteryear to Brooklyn Hardaway s father briefly played for the Nuggets in appearing in games near the end of his Hall of Fame career Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis
