2018 NBA free agency grades: Nuggets inking Torrey Craig

The Denver Nuggets agreed to terms with Torrey Craig Monday afternoon. Here’s a quick look at the Nuggets’ grade on this move.

The Denver Nuggets are having themselves a good offseason thus far. They’ve made quite a few moves, extending their franchise star in Nikola Jokic to a max contract, re-signing Will Barton and getting Wilson Chandler‘s money off the books in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Now it’s been reported by Yahoo! Sports‘ Shams Charania, that the Nuggets have agreed to re-sign guard Torrey Craig. This was an under-the-radar move since Craig isn’t a household name, but he did hold value in Denver when he played.

The deal is a two-year, $4 million pact. It’s a small contract and one that you’d expect when you consider the future contracts coming to Denver and the talent level of Craig. He’s 28 years old and played his first season in the NBA after spending his professional career overseas.

This season, he averaged 4.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. The 6’6″, 210-pound shooting guard also shot 45.3 percent from the field and 29.3 percent from 3-point range on 1.5 attempts per game. He did this while averaging 16.1 minutes per game.

Craig was even given the opportunity to start in five games of the 39 he participated in. He’s not a major part to what the Nuggets do, but he helps fill the role of helping the team out when they need it or another body off the bench.

The Nuggets were not a good defensive team and Craig has been known to help in that category. He only posted a defensive rating of just 111.1, but in his defense, the best defensive rating on the team was only 107.0 (Paul Millsap) and Craig missed a good chunk of the season.