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Nate Robinson agrees with Nuggets
Updated: July 22, 2013, 8:06 PM ET
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Nate Robinson and the Denver Nuggets have agreed to a two-year contract worth just more than $4 million, league sources confirmed to ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst.
The deal is for the Nuggets' bi-annual salary-cap exception, which is worth $4.1 million, a source confirmed to Windhorst.
The 5-foot-9 Robinson played in a career-high 82 games last season with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 13.1 points and 4.4 assists.
Although he served primarily as a backup in his only season in Chicago, Robinson was an important offensive player for the injury-plagued Bulls and averaged 16.3 points per game in the playoffs.
Robinson said on his Twitter account that he will miss playing for the Bulls.
Robinson, 29, figures to again play in a reserve role under first-year coach Brian Shaw with the Nuggets, who already feature star point guard Ty Lawson.
The Denver Post reported earlier Monday that Robinson agreed to join the Nuggets.
Robinson joins Lawson to give the Nuggets a tandem that can fly up and down the floor. The addition of Robinson also creates a backlog in the backcourt, with the Nuggets already having up-and-comer Evan Fournier, veteran Andre Miller, rookie Erick Green and newly acquired Randy Foye.
A first-round draft pick in 2005, Robinson has averaged 11.5 points over parts of eight seasons with the Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics andNew York Knicks.
Robinson will be reunited with some familiar faces on the court in the Mile High City. He suited up with Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari when they all played for the Knicks.
This has been a bustling offseason for a Denver squad that won a franchise-best 57 games only to bow out in the first round for the fourth straight season. The team also brought in a new general manager in Tim Connelly and hired Shaw to take over for George Karl, the NBA Coach of the Year who was ousted.
Then, the Nuggets overhauled their roster as they sent Andre Iguodala, their top perimeter defender, to Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal that also involved Utah and eventually landed Foye in Denver.
Nearly two weeks ago, the Nuggets bolstered their frontcourt by signing free agent forwardJ.J. Hickson to a three-year deal.
With the addition of Robinson, the team now has six new players on the roster, along with a first-year head coach.
