“We definitely liked some guys on the market and thought we had some traction in a couple different situations,” Booth said Thursday night. “Whether other teams just beat us out with their offers or we just didn’t feel like it was the right use of our assets, a combination of those things led us to be where we’re at right now.” The Nuggets looked at a variety of trade options involving reserve big man Zeke Nnaji, whose salary is $8.9 million during the first season of a four-year rookie extension. But Nnaji has been largely out of the rotation despite being Denver’s fifth-highest-paid player. Denver’s trade-eligible draft capital was limited to pick swaps and a 2031 first-rounder, which will remain stashed as an asset for future moves.