Zeke Nnaji
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Sep 21, 2026
Alex SpeersHOST
However, we are going to start with the Denver Nuggets.
Alex SpeersHOST
So the eligible players for the Denver Nuggets include Nikola Jokic, who does have a player option next summer, [chuckles] uh, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, Spencer Jones, Zeke Nnaji, Julian Strawther, Darron Holmes, and Trevyn Brazil.
Alex SpeersHOST
I decided, so that's nine names, so I only need-
Michele BerraHOST
Mm
Alex SpeersHOST
... to expose one of these players to the expansion draft, but I could do more than that.
Alex SpeersHOST
I ultimately decided just to do Zeke Nnaji, and it was a question, though, with Christian Braun, like, is it worth...
Alex SpeersHOST
This is where you get into, like, the game theory, like, could we get off, potentially get off of this bad Christian Braun contract? Could we trick one of these expansion teams into taking him? Because, hey, he's still young.
Alex SpeersHOST
He had, he was injured last year, which probably affected his play.
Peter PlummerGUEST
You know, that was like w- when Malone would always have the rage timeouts, right? It's like you just worked 10 minutes to get this lead, and now all of a sudden the other team's like, "Oh, cool, Jokic is out.
Peter PlummerGUEST
Let's go on a run," because last year it was like, all right, here comes Jalen Pickett and Zeke Nnaji, and oh, Cam Johnson's still on the floor.
Peter PlummerGUEST
Now over here, half the lineup just is looking to get rid of the basketball.
Peter PlummerGUEST
It's like that's not how you wanna play in the NBA.
23 MINS LATER
Miroslav CukHOST
He's actually tied at six with one more player we are gonna discover later.
Miroslav CukHOST
Pete.
Peter PlummerGUEST
So if you're running and the ball is past you and it tips off your fingers and you never catch it, that's not a turnover on you, right? I'm gonna go Zeke Nnaji.
Peter PlummerGUEST
[laughs]
Harrison WindHOST
Real success.
Eric WedumHOST
And Zeke Nnaji has had no real success [laughs] and he's making $8 million.
Eric WedumHOST
And Cam-
Harrison WindHOST
I think you could really make the case Cam Whitmore has had a much better NBA career than Zeke Nnaji.
Eric WedumHOST
That's my point.
Harrison WindHOST
Very different circumstances, of course, but the point remains.
44 MINS LATER
Harrison WindHOST
What else?
CalePANELIST
All right.
Duvalier JohnsonPANELIST
It'll be-
Adam MaresHOST
It'll be Zeke's Freaks.
Duvalier JohnsonPANELIST
It, it'll be the Bag of Freaks.
Adam MaresHOST
[laughs]
Brendan VogtPANELIST
Just kidding.
Brendan VogtPANELIST
Uh, it would be, uh, it would-- uh, let me see.
Brendan VogtPANELIST
The player whose success would cause the most arguments on this show I think would be Zeke Nnaji.
Brendan VogtPANELIST
[laughs] That would be so great.
MalikHOST
And again, you can only protect eight.
MalikHOST
[lip smacks] Denver Nuggets, they just unprotected Zeke Nnaji, Alpha Diallo, and Lonnie Walker.
MalikHOST
Um, theirs was pretty straightforward.
MalikHOST
Golden State Warriors, same thing.
46 MINS LATER
MalikHOST
Uh, Khalifa Diop's kind of fun.
MalikHOST
Actually, Alfa Diallo's fun as well.
MalikHOST
Zeke Nnaji ain't getting picked.
MalikHOST
Like, I'll just, I'll just say that right now, and I do like Lonnie Walker as a player.
Jeff MortonHOST
So, um, maybe, maybe this is a sign that the Nuggets are like, "Okay, what the hell?" You know? Plus, uh, we all think they fully intend on getting below, below the second apron here very soon, if not during the season.
Jeff MortonHOST
Uh, obviously, the target there is Zeke Nnaji.
Jeff MortonHOST
Uh, if things go really wrong for the Nuggets this season, there'll be more than Zeke Nnaji who are, who are leaving.
Jeff MortonHOST
Um, because the Nuggets got under the tax last year and, you know, it'd be-- while it would be very difficult for them to get under the tax this year, it's probably not impossible.
Jeff MortonHOST
Um, you know, you could dump Cam and Zeke Nnaji and, you know, you're taking back what, you know, a little back, but, you know.
Jeff MortonHOST
There's all of that floating out there.
Jeff MortonHOST
But the Nuggets at, as of this point are just kind of putting bodies there, you know? And in the second half, I'm gonna be talking about how this Nuggets team has really struggled with their overall approach to this very season.
Adam MaresHOST
So almost certainly they're going to make an in-season trade, and they only have 14 players at the moment.
Adam MaresHOST
That trade to me is very likely to include Julian Strawther and/or Zeke Nnaji, probably both of those guys, and maybe some draft capital, like some second-round picks.
Adam MaresHOST
But if you add a 15th guy, it could complicate things.
Adam MaresHOST
It could mean all of a sudden now we have to include another piece in this or we have to do this or that.
6 MINS LATER
Harrison WindHOST
We'll see
Adam MaresHOST
... as an athlete.
Adam MaresHOST
Uh, Zeke Nnaji, potentially.
Harrison WindHOST
No.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
How many bigs or, or f- you know, end of the front court guys does Denver actually need? This is where it becomes a little bit of a roster question if, i- of if there's an overabundance.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Cam Johnson's there, Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, who can play the small forward on the bench, DeMar DeRozan, um, Alpha Diallo, Marvin Bagley, Trevonn Braziel, Daron Holmes, Zeke Nnaji.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
You have guys competing for minutes.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
So if Gay isn't good enough to crack a rotation, then what's the point? But that's the question that Denver has to answer itself.
Miroslav CukHOST
He really wasn't a great playmaker, uh, last season, I guess.
Miroslav CukHOST
And then, uh, Zeke Nnaji.
Miroslav CukHOST
Zeke Nnaji with two such games.
Miroslav CukHOST
Oh, that chucker, Zeke Nnaji.
Miroslav CukHOST
[laughs]
Will JonesGUEST
Wow.
8 MINS LATER
Peter PlummerGUEST
Brown's heat
Miroslav CukHOST
... versus the Sixers.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Nikola Jokic just turned down two hundred and twelve million dollars because he may want more money.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Denver's defense obviously fell apart against Minnesota in the playoffs after they thought they had fixed it, and we know that Denver is desperate, but how desperate are they to move Zeke Nnaji? Are they desperate enough to give up that first-round pick? Today, we're gonna be covering all that and more, so let's get right into it.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
We're gonna get into Nikola Jokic's next payday because he became extension eligible back in July for a three-year, two hundred and twelve million dollar deer-- deal, but he said no.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And then we asked why.
7 MINS LATER
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Uh, again, maybe you get Darron Holmes in that conversation, but guys are gonna have to come in right away and start helping out on the defensive end.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
So, uh, again, it get-- you, you're sort of restricted, especially with the cap situation you're in, being a second apron team.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And that's where we get into the conversation of how desperate are the Denver Nuggets to move Zeke Nnaji? Uh, the tw- uh, the, the plot twist that fans don't realize is that Denver isn't shopping Nnaji for picks.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They're above the second apron, and they've reportedly been willing to attach second-round picks in order to get off of him.
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