The Denver Nuggets have known for weeks that they had the option of sending Kosta Koufos to the Toronto Raptors in a deal for forward Andrea Bargnani.
In a deal first reported by ESPN The Magazine’s Ric Bucher, the Raptors agreed to trade Bargnani to the nuggets for Koufos
The deal also calls for Toronto to get the league’s maximum allowed in cash considerations ($3 million) and for the Denver to land a conditional first-round pick to come sometime between 2013 and 2017. It’s lottery-protected, essentially meaning the first time the Raptors make the playoffs after this season, their first-rounder goes to Denver.