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The Denver Nuggets have waived F Joey Dorsey, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly announced today. Dorsey was acquired by the Nuggets by trade from the Houston Rockets on July 20.

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Eric Pincus: I see Joey Dorsey taking a buyout for $815,241 from Denver Nuggets, no additional set off . By buying out Joey Dorsey - who gave up $200k - Denver opened a spot for Erick Green on roster @BBallInsiders assuming Papanikolaou out too @BBallInsiders

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Chris Dempsey: #Nuggets have reached a buyout agreement with Joey Dorsey, who was recently acquired in the Ty Lawson trade w/Houston.

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The Nuggets, sources say, will acquire the non-guaranteed contract of forward Kostas Papanikolaou and the partially guaranteed contract of veteran guard Pablo Prigioni along with Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson and the future first-round pick. Sources say Denver will also send a 2017 second-round pick to Houston with Lawson, who is currently in rehab in Los Angeles after his second DUI arrest in 2015. Sources told ESPN.com that, though the trade is unlikely to be formally completed before Monday, Lawson was notified Sunday evening that he's on his way to Houston.

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Jonathan Feigen: Rockets will give up almost no one in playoff rotation -- Papanikolaou, Prigioni, Dorsey, Johnson -- along with 1st (protected) for Lawson.

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Unfortunately, not everyone agrees it’s an issue. In …

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees it’s an issue. In fact, team officials who do may be in the minority. “Change the rule? For what?” asked an Eastern Conference GM who is on the NBA’s Competition Committee. “For DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard? Learn to shoot free throws.” A league source says that almost 80% of this season’s hacking was done to five players: Jordan, Andre Drummond of Detroit and Howard, Josh Smith and Joey Dorsey of Houston.

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