July 9: Brown has officially signed with the Nuggets, according to a press release from the team.
June 30: The Nuggets have agreed to a deal to bring Bruce Brown back to Denver on a one-year deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link).
Sam Amick of The Athletic reports (via Twitter) that the deal will be worth the veteran’s minimum.
Since leaving the Nuggets as a free agent in 2023, Brown has spent time with the Pacers, Raptors, and Pelicans. He averaged 8.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in 2024/25 over 41 games split between Toronto and New Orleans before being held out of action down the stretch with a right knee injury.
The versatile 6’4″ wing spent time with the Pistons and Nets before his first stint in Denver, which culminated in him playing a key role off the bench for the championship team in 2022/23. After averaging 12 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game in the playoffs that year, Brown left the team for a two-year, $45MM offer from the Pacers that Denver didn’t have the ability to match.
Brown now returns to a Denver team that is making aggressive moves to position itself for another title run, including trading longtime starter Michael Porter Jr. and a first-round pick for Cameron Johnson.
I LIKE this for Nuggets and their fans! Never shoulda left, Bruce!
I’d have thought he would fetch more than the minimum. Denver doing pretty darn good so far
Yeah, that’s crazy with guys like LaRavia getting $6M
LaRavia’s a 3pt threat, whereas teams have been daring BB to shoot the 3 recently, and he’s not done a good job of it.
How is brown worth veteran minimum this is a steal for Denver
And the cherry on top being that Denver knows how to use him correctly
His three point shot was below league average in Denver and it’s gotten worse since leaving without having Jokìc to get him the ball. He’s also missed quite a few games and his defense has fallen off. I like Brown though, hopefully he can bounce back in Denver.
Denver and Houston really leveling up today.
Finally got him back.
Not like he got a lot more wear on him, seems like he barely played but got paid.
Getting the band back together!
Nuggets in 4!
Bruce got his cash. Now he can come back and be the back-up he was always destined to be.
Another backward move from DEN… what are they trying to do to Jokic?!?
Getting Jokic another point of attack defender, for a very low cost?
Brown is a solid pickup for Nuggets. Nuggets got better just by moving Porter. Now they have strengthened their bench. I don’t think they had more than minimum to offer Brown. Hardaway also signed for less. This team has loaded up imo. They should be favorites with Thunder to win West.
I saw that Valanciunas seems to have given up the idea of playing in Greece. Nuggets will definitely be better than last season.