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Nuggets’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope declines $15.4 million player option, will enter free agency

Caldwell-Pope earned 11 NBA All-Defensive Team votes in 2023-24, shot 40.6% from three and was a finalist for Teammate of the Year.

Jamal Murray (27) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) of the Denver Nuggets embrace after the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 98-90 win at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Jamal Murray (27) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) of the Denver Nuggets embrace after the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 98-90 win at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
A head shot of Colorado Avalanche hockey beat reporter Bennett Durando on October 17, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
By | bdurando@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
The Nuggets will attempt to re-sign Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency after he declined a $15.4 million player option, but the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic are among many expected KCP suitors.
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