{"id":7993,"date":"2017-09-18T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2017-09-18T14:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:27:20","slug":"mason-plumlee-re-signs-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/09\/18\/mason-plumlee-re-signs-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mason Plumlee Re-Signs With Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, restricted free agent center\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/plumlma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mason Plumlee<\/a><\/strong> has re-signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/denver-nuggets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> on a contract worth $41 million over three years.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s <strong>Adrian Wojnarowski<\/strong> broke the news on Monday morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Restricted free agent Mason Plumlee has agreed to a three-year, $41M deal to return to Denver, league sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/909769122896138240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Mason Plumlee Re-Signs on Three-Year Contract With Denver Nuggets<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Plumlee\u2019s contract will take him through the end of the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>The center has been around the block, having played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/portland-trail-blazers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>, and the Nuggets. The Nets selected him with the 22nd overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft. Since then, Plumlee has been a consistent role player for all of the\u00a0teams for which he\u2019s played. Last season, Plumlee averaged 10.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game, splitting 81 games between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>After being dealt to Denver at the trade deadline, Plumlee finished the season in a diminished role, playing as the second-string center behind <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/b>. While not as skilled as Jokic, Plumlee was still able to contribute with his overall offensive versatility. In particular, Plumlee&#8217;s passing skills were fantastic, especially for a big man. His coaches, <strong>Terry Stotts<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Malone<\/strong> \u2013 of Portland and Denver, respectively \u2013 were able to run plays through him multiple times every game.<\/p>\n<p>However, while not completely inept, Plumlee\u2019s defense leaves some questions to be asked. Entering the prime of his career, it is up to him to improve that aspect of his game. Plumlee would do well to strengthen his paint presence.<\/p>\n<p>Plumlee will continue to be a very effective and reliable backup center for Denver. As he becomes more comfortable with the Nuggets \u2013 this is Plumlee&#8217;s first full training camp with them <strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0he\u2019ll be able to take on a more active role in their offense, and use his court vision to create plays. Denver will need Plumlee to improve certain aspects of his game \u2013 defense, mainly \u2013 in order to compete for a playoff spot next season.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LastWordHoops?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LastWordHoops<\/a> on Twitter to stay up-to-date with the latest NBA news.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"geW9FPKmTOR04YA0-HAGdg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/631836158\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'geW9FPKmTOR04YA0-HAGdg',sig:'_odhimDM2mvfpekB06wvZQ5laIQpUsNR9OxY6wl506w=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'631836158',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restricted free agent center Mason Plumlee re-signs with the Denver Nuggets on a three-year contract, after a long wait in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1823,"featured_media":9999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,62,3],"tags":[65,108,421,96,297,202],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nuggets","category-nba","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-mason-plumlee","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-news"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}