<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sixers-news-tyrese-maxey-details-welcome-to-the-league-moments-from-jrue-holiday-ish-smith');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey details ‘welcome to the league’ moments from Jrue Holiday, Ish Smith');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sixers-Ish-Smith-Tyrese-Maxey-Jrue-Holiday.webp"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey details ‘welcome to the league’ moments from Jrue Holiday, Ish Smith</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-09T06:06:16-08:00">January 9th, 6:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-09T06:09:11-08:00">January 9th, 6:09am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers have a real star on their hands in Tyrese Maxey. After years of developing from a bench guy to a tertiary scorer to the second option behind Joel Embiid, the Sixers guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-tyrese-maxey-clear-frontrunner-nba-most-improved-player" rel="noopener">has arrived</a>. It came not just through immense dedication but moments throughout his career that helped sharpen his game.</p><p>On the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, Maxey recalled two moments that introduced him to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HDbqngq6wI&amp;t=1016s" rel="noopener">how hard the NBA can be</a>. They both involve former Sixers: Ish Smith and Jrue Holiday.</p><p>“My first real game, first regular season game my rookie year, Ish Smith came down right at me,” Maxey said. “And I’m like…You know, let’s be real, you talking about Ish Smith? And Ish Smith — hell of a vet, great dude, been in the league a long time, made a lot of money. But if you playing 2K and you a little kid, you don’t know Ish Smith is, right?”</p><p>Maxey said that then-teammate Mike Scott warned him in the pre-game shootaround that Smith would beat him with a cross-over, a warning to which Maxey replied, “Man, I ain’t worried about none of that.” Smith, then the backup point guard for the Washington Wizards, preceded to cross him out of position and score over him early in the second quarter.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2020/12/23/0022000013/170/5cdfa0ad-ce80-c607-d966-ac85cfcb3574_1280x720.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>“When I see Ish Smith from there on, now I’m like, ‘let me tie my shoes up.’ Like, let me tie my shoes up a little tight,” Maxey said. The Sixers guard <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@overtime/video/7301378956224122154" rel="noopener">previously mentioned this moment</a> against Smith as a moment that welcomed him to the league.</p><p>Assuming the above play is the correct moment— it was one of just two buckets from Smith in that game, with the other being a catch-and-shoot three — Maxey accidentally misremembers that it wasn’t the very first play he was in and that it was a short jumper, not a layup. Nonetheless, it was a smooth move from the veteran guard that showed Maxey how tough it is to guard professional hoopers.</p><p>Jrue Holiday showed Tyrese Maxey how tough NBA defenders can be, even if it was in a game where Maxey showed he could hang. The moment Maxey remembers occurred in his second season, shortly after James Harden’s midseason arrival to the Sixers, in a road win over the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><p>“I was just going through the motions — like, give the ball to Joel every play, give the ball to Joel every play,” Maxey said. “And, James pulled me aside, like, ‘Bro stop giving the ball to him every play. Like you could give it to him ’cause he’s the MVP, yes, but you gotta be aggressive to help him.’”</p><p>From there, Maxey went on to score 14 points in the second quarter with Holiday as his main defender. He claimed that he ripped off 16 or 17 straight against Holiday and while that isn’t what happened, he did go on a very impressive scoring run, especially for a second-year player.</p><p>Starting with a quick double between-the-legs crossover to throw Holiday off balance before hitting a floater, Maxey used Embiid screens to get right past Holiday to score four field goals and also used his speed in the open floor to draw a shooting foul. The Sixers went on to win 123-120 with Maxey otherwise shooting poorly from the field but contributing 10 points from the foul line.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2022/02/17/0022100887/271/1bb4c957-3a60-9c9d-cde9-fea1b8e7740b_1280x720.mp4?_=2" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>“And Jrue pulled me to the side after the halftime — we ended up winning the game. He pulled me to the side,” Maxey recalled. “He said, ‘You cold. But I can’t let you get more than 10 points this half, man.’”</p><p>Maxey indeed scored just three points, all from the foul line, while shooting 0-6 from the field in the second half. He said that Holiday is one of the best defenders in the league and that he likes going at him because “I wanna show, man, [that] I can hoop, too.”</p><p>There’s no denying that Tyrese Maxey can definitely <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-joel-embiid-dubs-tyrese-maxey-the-franchise-after-50-point-game" rel="noopener">hoop with the best of them</a>. The Sixers star is now the one showing others how tough the NBA is and should receive his first All-Star nomination this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey details ‘welcome to the league’ moments from Jrue Holiday, Ish Smith

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA Twitter reacts to Ish Smith being on verge of history with trade to Nuggets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Ish-Smith-Nuggets-Wizards.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA Twitter reacts to Ish Smith being on verge of history with trade to Nuggets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-06-29T08:06:39-07:00">June 29th, 8:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-06-29T08:07:02-07:00">June 29th, 8:07am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-denver-trades-monte-morris-will-barton-to-wizards-for-kentavious-caldwell-pope-ish-smith/">are finalizing a trade that will see Monte Morris and Will Barton join Bradley Beal in DC, while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith head to the Mile High City</a> to give Nikola Jokic some help. But, the real reason NBA Twitter is losing their minds over this deal is Smith, who is on the brink of making history if he suits up for the Nuggets.</p><p>Denver would be his 13th team. Yes, you read that correctly. The true definition of a journeyman.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That’s franchise number 13 for Ish Smith, more than any player ever. He now has the record, topping a bunch of players who were tied with 12.</p><p>— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1542151672285335553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Assuming Ish Smith plays 1 game in Denver, he would set the record for most franchises played with in NBA history at 13.</p><p>— Matt Williams (@StatsWilliams) <a href="https://twitter.com/StatsWilliams/status/1542151469863936007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Luke Ridnour record is in jeopardy <a href="https://t.co/BIayrKErEv" target="_blank">https://t.co/BIayrKErEv</a></p><p>— Esfandiar Baraheni (@JustEsBaraheni) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustEsBaraheni/status/1542152466946473984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Not exactly a record that any player would be particularly proud of, but it’s still kind of impressive. The Nuggets could definitely use Smith as a piece off the bench but he won’t be expected to get any heavy minutes. The 33-year-old may serve as a backup point guard to Jamal Murray.</p><p>Smith averaged 8.6 points, 5.2 assists, and three rebounds in 28 games last season for the Wizards. That’s some decent production, especially from a playmaking standpoint. He’s been around the league for a hot minute and can certainly give the Nuggets some depth. <a href="https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/1542155699412733953">Per sources close to Matt Moore of The Action Network,</a> it appears they do plan to keep him around, too:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Nuggets are “likely keeping” Ish Smith in the deal, per a source.</p><p>— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/1542155699412733953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>13th team. Here we go, Ish Smith. Give em’ hell.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA Twitter reacts to Ish Smith being on verge of history with trade to Nuggets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets trade Monte Morris, Will Barton to Wizards for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Ish Smith');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Nuggets-Wizards-Monte-Morris-Will-Barton-Kentavious-Caldwell-Pope-Ish-Smith.jpeg"></figure><h1>Nuggets trade Monte Morris, Will Barton to Wizards for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Ish Smith</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-06-29T07:23:01-07:00">June 29th, 7:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-06-29T08:07:50-07:00">June 29th, 8:07am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Marist College '22 | earned my stripes at TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Prior to NBA free agency officially beginning, the Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards have agreed to a swap of two players from each team. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Monte Morris and Will Barton are heading to Washington, while Denver receives Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Denver is nearing trading Monte Morris and Will Barton to Washington in deal for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@TheAthletic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Stadium</a>.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1542148982624878599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Morris and Barton have been two of Nikola Jokic’s key supporting pieces over the past few seasons and will head to Washington to presumably do the same for Bradley Beal after he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-rumors-bradley-beals-contract-plans-ahead-of-2022-nba-free-agency-revealed/">signs a new deal</a> with Washington. Denver opens up some financial flexibility by trading away two of its starters from last season and adding a player that the front office was <a href="https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1542150875396952065?s=20&amp;t=uoFZHgzQ9VaHy7JQHyOYiQ">heavily interested in</a>.</p><p>The <a href="http://fanatics.93n6tx.net/b3PaNP" rel="noopener">Wizards</a> will improve their depth with this deal, and they badly needed a veteran to help at point guard. Morris averaged 12.6 points and 4.4 assists last season and is one of the most turnover-averse players in the league. He would be a strong option to start next to Beal. Barton averaged 14.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game and could be a useful scorer for a Washington team looking to make it back to the playoffs.</p><p>Caldwell-Pope, after being traded to Washington as a part of the deal that sent Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Lakers, is off to his third team in three seasons. His shooting and defense will be very helpful alongside Jokic for the <a href="http://fanatics.93n6tx.net/vnZW7v" rel="noopener">Nuggets</a>. He averaged 13.2 points per game while shooting 39.0 percent from deep last season.</p><p>Smith, meanwhile, has the chance to become the <a href="https://twitter.com/StatsWilliams/status/1542151469863936007?s=20&amp;t=xnNVdu7E2gdLWJHqKIfkOA">first player</a> in NBA history to play for 13 different teams. He won’t be expected to have a major role with the Nuggets, but he could be a nice depth option.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets trade Monte Morris, Will Barton to Wizards for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Ish Smith

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VIDEO: Ish Smith receives MVP chants from Wizards crowd

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