JULY 21: Jordan’s contract is also official, the Nuggets announced in a press release.
JULY 16: The Nuggets have officially re-signed Jackson to a multi-year contract, according to a team press release.
JUNE 30: The defending champion Nuggets are bringing back two of their free agent veterans.
Point guard Reggie Jackson is staying in Denver on a two-year, $10.25MM deal, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. Jackson’s new contract will feature a second-year player option, Charania adds.
Center DeAndre Jordan has also reached an agreement to remain with the Nuggets, Chris Haynes of TNT and the Bleacher Report tweets.
Jackson, 33, has been in the league since 2011. He appeared in 16 regular-season games and six postseason contests for Denver after signing with the franchise as a free agent. He was bought out and waived by the Hornets after he was dealt by the Clippers at the trade deadline.
Jackson started 38 of 52 games for the Clippers prior to the trade. Denver has younger backcourt options off the bench behind Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, most notably Christian Braun and Peyton Watson, but Jackson won’t simply be an insurance policy.
The Nuggets, who lost Bruce Brown to the Pacers in free agency, are hopeful that Jackson can be more effective with a full offseason and training camp to adjust to their system and personnel, Harrison Wind of DNVR Sports tweets. His salary could also come handy in a potential trade down the road, Wind adds.
Jordan didn’t play much for the Nuggets — 39 regular-season appearances and four playoff cameos — but he’s a highly-respected locker room and bench voice. He averaged 5.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in those regular-season games. He’ll be the third — or even fourth — option behind franchise player Nikola Jokic.
Nuggets management showing they lucked into a title. Why oh why would they give Jackson a player option next year? Awful move
Our roster spots are now over with assuming Uncle Jeff and or Ish come back
Crazy take…
They know what they’re doing.
It was a seven man rotation in the playoffs and next season it will be Braun and whoever else proves themself at 6 and 7.
@jbl what’s crazy about it? Nugs management has admitted they lucked into nearly every player on their roster and Jackson is going to be an expensive bench warmer. Nugs ownership doesn’t have deep pockets…. If Reggie picks up his option next year it’ll stop them from signing someone else
Are you okay sir? How did they luck into every player?
@nye listen to the interviews from team management during and after the playoffs. The only players nugs management was really high on were Murray and Pope. Nikola was a shot in the dark, Booth admitted he had no idea Gordon would be as good of a fit, it was a panic move after losing grant. Porter dropped into our lap because injury. No one wanted bruce. Lots of luck
Yeah, I think that’s a very narrow view of building the roster out. Of course Jokic was a shot in the dark. He got passed up by every team with a 1st round pick, plus 10 more slots. He was never a given. Lucking into premier talents happens. Do you think Milwaukee expected Giannis to be a top 3 player in the world when they drafted him at 15 or whatever?
What are you talking about? Just terrible takes. They lucked into Jokic being who he is, but everyone else was a carefully considered addition.
Reggie is being paid to be a veteran mentor to the Nuggets young guards. Pickett is a 24 year old rookie with a fundamentally sound game. He’ll be given the reins of the second unit in the way that Bones was.
@jbl you should listen to interviews from team management….. they literally admitted all of this lmfao
Reggie and 5 mil next year is going to hurt. A minimum one year deal would have been fine
Any organization who doesn’t admit to a form of luck when building the roster through the draft is lying.
@myaccount I agree. I’m not hating, the title the nugs just won was absolutely amazing. Lotta luck tho
Tim Connelly didn’t luck into anything. He drafted well, made good trades, and they developed players. Booth didn’t luck into anything. He helped with those players and drafted well. You say you aren’t hating while calling them lucky. Every championship team gets lucky. Just a bad take.
Why does this make you so angry?
Kroenke doesn’t have deep pockets??? Not sure what world you are living in.
5 million is minimum salary last man on the bench type pay. It’s fine. You have no perspective.
If Denver can win than anyone can win
Nuggets expecting internal growth this off-season.
Murray will have his first healthy off-season in a couple of years. MPJ now knows what’s expected of him and can work on his handle. AG, KCP and Jokic will be well rested. Braun will have the chance to be ‘the guy’ during Summer League. Watson is deserving of rotation minutes and the rookies have promise. Expect Pickett to be fairly prominent in the second unit to begin the season.
These signings just shore up the veteran contingency. Both Reggie and DeAndre had to step up for emergency minutes during the finals and played very well.
It’s all good. Happy for Bruce getting the bag.
What minutes did Reggie play well in? He looked scared and clueless in his few mins of real action
You do know bigger salaries make it easier to work trades out
@nye yeah that’s what I’m hoping…. Trade him
He played well. Hit a three. A steal, an assist. What do you want from him?
@jbl Reggie is terrible
So you hate Reggie. Okay. That makes you a hater.
@da it makes me a realist
Two really good signings. Got to bring them back for depth. Reggie Jackson will be the backup Point Guard behind Jamal Murray. DeAndre Jordan should be the backup Center behind Nikola Jokic.
Nope. You obviously don’t watch them.
They are both going to be third stringers.
Horrid signings. Both are washed. Massive overpay for Reggie
I’d recommend you learn a little about how the NBA works. The Nuggets want to pay RJ more so that he can return more in a trade . Package him with a Nnaji or Cancar and they can bring in a $12m player.
NikooOOOLAAaaaaa
Seems like an overpay for Reggie, figured he would take a 1 year 2M type deal. Hopefully he’ll look better with more consistency. Wasn’t too impressed with his regular season play with the Nuggets, but I’ve also seen him catch fire with the Clippers.
Oh wow 5m. Lucky him or thanks for contributing bonus. (Sorry Bones)
Dan Issel could school Jokic
Still wanting a vet or two
Jordan must be one hell of a locker room guy
It’s July 21st and giving Reggie 2 year 10 mil was still a bad move!