I exchanged one person’s salary for 4 people. Is the Nuggets Uniform Team’s operations this summer amazing?

American media NBA Retweet wrote on social media: The Denver Nuggets should have paid Michael Porter Jr. a salary of up to $38.3 million next season, but after a summer of operations, they completely turned the situation around. They exchanged Porter's contract for Cameron Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Bruce Brown. Their players' salary combined will be about $37 million next season, which is more than $1 million lower than Porter Jr.'s salary alone. In this way, the Nuggets management has completed an incredible lineup restructuring.

The Nuggets completed a lot of operations in almost a short time this summer. They first took a first-round pick to send Porter Jr. to the Nets and exchanged Johnson from the Nets. They then signed two experienced players, Brown and Hardaway Jr., with a basic salary contract, and then they sent out Dario Saric and obtained Valanciunas from the Sacramento Kings. With the completion of these deals, the Nuggets reduced the team's total salary to below the second rich line, and they also added several reliable rotation players and found a suitable replacement for Nikola Jokic.

In the NBA regular season last season, Johnson played 57 games for the Nets in 82 games, averaging 31.6 minutes per game, averaging 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.7 turnovers and 1.8 fouls, shooting percentage of 47.5%, three-point shooting percentage of 39%, and free throw shooting percentage of 89.3%. Valanciunas was sent to the Kings by the Washington Wizards in a deal before the trade deadline last season. After joining the Kings, Valanciunas made a total of 32 appearances in the NBA regular season, averaging 16.9 minutes per game, averaging 8.7 points, 7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.6 blocks, and 1 turnover and 2.6 fouls. He shot 55.6%, three-point shooting percentage 10%, and free throw shooting percentage 84.7%.

In the NBA regular season last season, Hardaway Jr. represented the Detroit Pistons in 82 games, averaging 28 minutes per game, averaging 11 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.1 blocks, and 0.6 turnovers and 1.2 fouls. He shot 40.6%, three-point shooting percentage 36.8%, and 85.5% free throw shooting percentage. In the playoffs, Hardaway Jr. made a total of 6 appearances, averaging 31.3 minutes per game, with averaging 12 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.3 steals, 1.5 turnovers and 1.7 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 33.8%, a three-point shooting percentage of 30.8%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 80%. Then last season, in a deal before the trading deadline, Brown was sent to the New Orleans Pelicans by the Raptors' first round pick by the Raptors. After joining the Pelicans, Brown made a total of 18 appearances, averaging 19.6 minutes per game, averaging 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks, and 1.1 turnovers and 1.4 fouls. His shooting percentage was 43.5%, three-point shooting percentage was 30.6%, and free throw shooting percentage was 89.7%.

After completing this series of reinforcements, it seems that the Nuggets' competitiveness is indeed further improved compared to last season. The biggest problem with the Nuggets last season was the lack of strength in the rotation lineup and the lack of reliable players in the second team, which largely led to their loss in the series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. With the arrival of these outstanding players, perhaps the Nuggets will have a chance to launch another attack on the championship next season?