star and 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets. Denver gets the least favorable of Brooklyn’s 2026 second-round picks in exchange for this pick (via Clippers or Hawks), according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
For Denver, the maneuver represented an amputation cutting across our balance sheet. By shedding Tyson’s $2.2 million salary on the team, the Nuggets got out of the NBA punitive luxury tax line, giving them the elbow room and breathing room to bring two-way wonder Spencer Jones into a regular-trade NBA deal. If the trade marked a financial cut for the defending Western Conference contenders, it also marks a career key for Tyson.