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https://basketnews.com/news-251655-nuggets-show-strong-interest-in-alpha-diallo.html

Diallo played the past five seasons at Monaco and established himself as one of the best wings and perimeter defenders in the Euroleague.

Last season he won the Euroleague Best Defender award, was the steals leader (1.4 SPG) and averaged 11.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG and 1.4 APG.

In the 2024/25 season, Diallo was one of Monaco's key players in their run to the Euroleague final.

He averaged 12.8 PPG in the quarter-finals series against Barcelona, put up 22 points and six rebounds in the semi-final against Olympiacos, and 19 points in the final against Fenerbahce.

Diallo already has a deal with Euroleague side Dubai, but has an NBA exit clause which is valid until July 15th.

Apart from Denver, Diallo also has interest from a few other NBA teams.

Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/marcstein/p/the-nbas-up-to-the-minute-latest-b5a?r=nuq3a&utm\_medium=ios

The Rockets do, however, loom as a possible free agent destination for another one of Udoka's former players in Boston: Marcus Smart.

League sources say that Smart, who is expected to draw interest from Houston and possibly other teams in free agency, is very much giving consideration to declining his $5.4 million player option for next season with the Lakers before Monday's deadline to do so and then proceed to the open market.

The Rockets, sources say, are also exploring the trade market for avenues to move on from veteran swingman Dorian Finney-Smith and his contract, which has three more seasons to run at $13.3 million each but is not guaranteed in the final two seasons.