{"id":814715,"date":"2026-08-18T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/814715\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:12:23","slug":"nuggets-and-peyton-watson-are-55m-off-in-contract-negotiations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/814715\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets and Peyton Watson are $55M off in contract negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nuggets and Peyton Watson are $55M off in contract negotiations<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Denver Nuggets<\/a> still haven’t figured out a solution with youngster Peyton Watson, and time is ticking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s hope and expectation that, over the next few weeks, the Nuggets will have a solution to the entire Watson situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether that be giving him the money he’s looking for or sending him to a new team in a sign-and-trade deal, the Nuggets have a lot on their plates to figure out. Ultimately, the organization will have to be smart, though it doesn’t sound like he loves the offers that have come in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the latest report, Watson wants to be paid like Christian Braun was, who signed a five-year, $125 million deal.<\/p>\n

“As The Stein Line first reported in the below article on July 27, Denver’s offers to Watson have been in the $70 million range over four seasons. Watson is believed to be seeking an annual average salary north of what teammate Christian Braun landed from the Nuggets last October in a five-year, $125 million rookie scale extension,” Marc Stein wrote<\/a><\/p>\n

Watson is unfortunately in a situation where he probably won’t get paid because of some of the bad moves the Nuggets have made in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Had Denver made better decisions, it would likely feel a lot more confident paying a guy like Watson. Instead, they find themselves in a relatively strange spot, something that wasn’t expected to be the case when they gave guys like Braun a contract.<\/p>\n

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