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thank the Spurs for blowing out his ankle and keeping him of the radar.
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_4005750
First the bad news for Nene - the Brazilian soccer team lost in the World Cup on Saturday.
But as painful as that might be for any Brazilian, this weekend ended up far more good than bad for the Nuggets' restricted free agent. He got married Saturday and on Sunday OK'd a deal that will net him $60 million over six years to stay with the team that drafted him.
Nene's agent, Dan Fegan praised Denver owner Stan Kroenke, whose decisiveness helped eliminate a bidding war for the 23-year-old forward, who has career averages of 10.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
"What I've learned through this process is I'm convinced Mr. Kroenke is going to do whatever it takes to bring a championship to Denver," Fegan said. "Make no mistake about it."
Between this deal and the extension small forward Carmelo Anthony agreed to Saturday, Kroenke has committed this weekend to spend approximately $140 million.
Denver may be close to keeping a third player in the fold, too. Fegan also represents power forward Reggie Evans, who is a restricted free agent whose name has already been linked to several teams around the league.
"We're making a lot of progress on Reggie and I'm hopeful we'll reach terms," Fegan said.
thank the Spurs for blowing out his ankle and keeping him of the radar.
thats awesome
Nene and Melo are done, now the organisation can focus on wheeling and dealing the other pieces of the team
Good job. Now just get rid of KMart.
yeh, thanks Timmy
then contract is laced with incentives as well which im sure will ensure Denver doesnt have another 'glass' big man
they are trying but its going to be a hard job to do
Nene's ESPN Insider scouting report going into last year:
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Quick players usually are good leapers, and players who can't jump usually are slow. Nenê is a rare exception. He's extremely quick for a man of his size, reminiscent of Hakeem Olajuwon at times, and frequently steals the ball from guards when defending screen-and-roll plays. Unfortunately, he can't jump. That lack of leaping ability is the one limitation preventing him from becoming an upper-tier center.
Like a lot of players who don't leap well, Nenê tried to make up for it by taking charges. Despite coming off the bench, Nenê led the team in charges with 22. We know this because the Nuggets were the only NBA team to track charges in their media notes, which make for an interesting study.
I've included the charges drawn by every Nugget in the following chart. First, notice how rare they are. The team drew only 106 all season, or a little over one per game, and they were considered one of the better teams at this. Second, there's a huge disparity among players in how many they drew. Buckner played 1,522 minutes without drawing a single charge, while Najera drew 12 in 575 minutes. Najera's charge rate was more than double that of most his teammates and 50 times as much as Anthony's.
What you'll notice about the Nuggets' leaders in charges is a common theme throughout the league -- they're big men who can't block shots. Knowing that limitation, they opt to stay on the ground and try to force a turnover. Camby is the lone exception, which is a sign of his exceptional defensive skill, but Najera, Nenê, Elson, and Russell all fit the stereotype perfectly.
Offensively, Nenê runs the floor extremely well for a big man and took advantage of the Nuggets' transition offense to get many easy baskets. He has no jumper, however, and his post game is mostly limited to quick spin moves. He also fades away too much when he shoots inside, perhaps because of his poor leaping.
The Nuggets face their first important decision with Nenê as he's eligible for an extension before the season starts. Considering his youth and production, he's worth several million dollars a year, but his lack of elevation will be a roadblock to s om.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2507685
sounds like they are going to try and mend the relationship. Im all for keeping him if it works out coz i like him but hate his at ude.
Im sure this is just all part of PR
Martin needs to go away and everything will be alright.
"We're making a lot of progress on Reggie and I'm hopeful we'll reach terms," Fegan said.
I like how the STSA jackasses thought Nene might be available for the MLE and even then weren't sure if he was worth it.
Nuggets better hope that knee doesn't act up again. 6 years is a long commitment to a player that just missed an entire season.
$6-year, $60M? Are you kidding me? Who else was going to offer anything close to that?
Whottt's head will explode once he reads this thread.
Nene's getting $10M per year!!! I think the Spurs get no big man this summer- unless he comes from Europe.
Wow! No kidding... 60 million? Add me to the list of those who don't think he's worth that EVER and that the Nuggets outbid themselves by close to 20 million for his services. Six years, 42 million is about right. 4.1 mill, 5 mill, 6 mill, 7.1 mill, 8.3 mill, 9.5 mill.
That's about what he's worth at his max. MLE for the next three years and then close to double the MLE for the next three. His ceiling is about as high as Kurt Thomas was two/three years ago. Kurt was only worth around that.
have they seen enough of nene to think hes worth this much money? some of these teams have lost thier minds with the money thier giving up to sign players. hopefully the kings can keep bonzi and if they do i wont have to convince dumb pacer fans that hes not coming over there for the ing MLE.
Wow.
More ignorance coming from the Nuggets management.
Will no one ever learn from the frugal genius of Donald T Sterling?
r u guys kidding? The bulls or Hawks would have thrown $60mil at him with no qualms at all. I agree that its too much but thats the state of the league.
Chandler, Dalembert etc etc are all overpaid but it seems all you have to do is be big, solid and show some promise and you will be guaranteed big bucks.
Nuggets are just falling inline with the rest of the league. I hate the big money involved in sports.
I think Nene will be fine and he hasnt had minutes yet to prove himself. Kmart will be gone and Nene will be starting which will make a big difference.
It's no coincidence that those are two players on the "move" list this summer.Chandler, Dalembert etc etc are all overpaid but it seems all you have to do is be big, solid and show some promise and you will be guaranteed big bucks.
yeh, and it could well happen to Nene in the future but its a risk that management has to take.
I believe he will be solid and a worthy investment and it would have been a PR nightmare if they didnt offer him a decent contract. The fans love Nene
Man, that's a lot of money for a guy who barely played last year.
If this guy doesn't play all season and dominate the Nuggets out of the 1st round of the playoffs, this will be one of their biggest mistakes ever, esp considering they're still trying to unload K-mart's contract.
Bad move.
I can understand if he has Amare type talent, but he doesn't.
Kiki was fired right? His replacement won't last long.
Nene wasn't worth that before his injury...I seriously doubt that he's going to be worth it after.
its no suprise. Im sure some of you guys thought Rasho was a good signing at the time
Who cares in the end, we arent writing the cheques. I want to see Nene turn into a solid big man but its no skin off my nose if it doesnt work out
Im just happy that Kroenke is committed to pay the big bucks to help the Nuggets get better
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