According to Chris Tomasson of the Rocky Mountain News [which published its last edition today], Hart will become a member of the Denver Nuggets next week. Chris posted this at TrueHoop Network affiliate, Roundball Mining Company:
The Nuggets next week will sign point guard Jason Hart, multiple sources told the Rocky Mountain News on Friday.
Hart has been bought by the Los Angeles Clippers for about $300,000. After he clears waivers, expected to be on Tuesday, he will sign a prorated minimum deal with the Nuggets.
Hart, making $2.5 million before his buyout, will give the Nuggets the third point guard they are seeking. Hart had to be waived by Sunday’s deadline to be eligible for the playoffs with the Nuggets. Hart has played sparingly with the Clippers this season, averaging 2.3 points in 28 games. He played for Nuggets coach George Karl as a Milwaukee rookie in 2000-01.
The Nuggets had been looking Mateen Cleaves of the NBA Development League’s Bakersfield Jam as a possible roster addition. But then the Hart situation materialized.
The Nuggets are seeking a third point guard to take some of the burden off Chauncey Billups, 32, and Anthony Carter, 33.
Best of luck to Chris, who is one of the best and most industrious beat writers around. Denver sports fans are a little poorer today with the shuttering of the RMN.
