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Peyton Watson Sent to Cleveland, Denver Gets Weaker, Helps Lakers in the Western Conference
One of the last big pieces left to move in the NBA this offseason finally found a home on Wednesday, as Nuggets small forward Peyton Watson, once a rumored target for the Lakers, was flipped to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for ... nobody. A first and second round pick a few years from now. The only other human player of note in the deal (which expanded to five teams, enveloping last week's Dennis Schroder trade) was Max Strus, who actually went to the Clippers, not Denver.
So the Nuggets continue to thin out this offseason, and while they're rumored to be working hard to bring in Demar…
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