When veteran swingman Will Barton elected to decline a player option worth $14.7 million in mid-July, reports indicated that there was hope, both for Barton and the Denver Nuggets, that a deal could be reached to keep the 30-year-old in Colorado. In the opening minutes of free agency on Monday evening, word broke from Chris Haynes that the partnership between player and team will continue with a reported two-year agreement worth $32 million.