Nuggets re-sign F Chandler

The three year deal for around $3.3 million per season gives Barton a chance to grow into a role with the Nuggets, and it gives the Nuggets an opportunity to take a friendly chance on Barton’s development.

Restricted free agent guard Will Barton is finalizing a deal to re-sign with the Denver Nuggets, league sources informed Northeast Ohio Media Group.

The Denver Nuggets have been the focus of a lot of speculation involving trade talks, mostly about Ty Lawson.

The direction of the Nuggets as a franchise is hard to read right now.

Apparently the Nuggets saw enough to keep him for a while.

The deal is worth $46 million over four years, reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. He is a very athletic young kid that can be viewed as a prospect, but He really showed signs of being a good National Basteball Association player after being traded to the Nuggets in the middle of last season.

Barton, 24, was part of the Arron Afflalo deal before the trade deadline that sent Alonzo Gee and Afflalo to the Portland Trail Blazers for Barton, Victor Claver, and a future lottery protected first and second-round pick. In his two-and-a-half seasons in Portland, Barton only averaged 11 minutes and less than four points per game on 39 percent shooting.

Chandler emerged as a full-time starter for Denver in 2014-15, netting 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per contest.