Nuggets reportedly scared to pay Peyton Watson due to $270M decisions

There are always some questions about signing players who have shown some, but not everything. There are questions in literally signing any player to major deals, even some of the all-time greats. It always makes sense to pay very good players in the NBA, but teams have to recognize that there's risk attached to long-term, expensive deals. That has been the situation the Denver Nuggets have found themselves in far too many times, paying Michael Porter Jr. and Christian Braun. Braun is a decent player in his own right, and Porter has already shown that he can be an elite player in this league at times, but neither are probably worth the money that they're currently getting paid. According to one report, that's part of why the Nuggets are currently skeptical about giving Peyton Watson the ki