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KCP is now twice a NBA champion, first with the Lakers and now with Denver Nuggets.

Dude, I really like KCP.

He's been traded after winning the title with Lakers and now he's with the Denver Nuggets. I hope that he won't be traded again and he's good to stay with his team. They've got a chemistry and he's always there when he's needed on those important minutes of the game.

The Denver Nuggets will be able to value their dependable player even more so it would be impossible to trade KCP who helped to claim the title.
KCP will be able to be a Nuggets player for much longer and I'm sure he can give the best for the Nuggets in the next few championships.

That's also what I am thinking of unlike the Lakers management. After winning the championship, many of their key players were traded but despite that they still managed to get into the playoffs even if they had a terrible start last season.

Quote from: tusandii on June 13, 2023, 12:24:20 PM

I also quite like KCP because the way he plays, in my opinion, often gives unexpected surprises that makes opposing players a little confused about taking action.

We can look on when he's being used by Malone. And those were like the crucial times and when important plays needed to be made and he's there.

I'm not a big KCP fan but I will say that picking him up was the final piece they needed to get over the top. I think he's the weak spot in their starting rotation but does his job well enough for them to win at the highest level. I'd be looking to upgrade him or continue developing Bruce Brown to take his spot. The Lakers on the other hand could have used him on their roster and I think losing players like KCP and Dwight Howard are the reason the Lakers struggled after their bubble win. I'm a little curious what actions the Nuggets are going to take with their roster this offseason. As long as they keep Jokic, Gordon, Porter, & Murray though, they'll be just fine.

That's already the blue print, we've seen championship teams keeping their core and then just shuffle role players as they fit. Only struggle though is that the salary for their stars, they need to balance out everything as well so that is the job for the management. As for their coach, obviously he will be retained, and it's up to him whether they are really that good and can established a name for themselves, or just a one championship coach so this remains to be seen.

There is also some noise on Twitter that you didn't include and it was Bradley Beal's name. Rumor has it that he might be shift around and Boston name seems to be that team as Beal and Tatum are close. But I doubt the Celtics willing to dealt them with Brown - Beal trade.