Appearing on DNVR Sports’ Nuggets podcast (YouTube link), NBA insider Marc Stein said he continues to hear that the Nuggets‘ offers to restricted free agent forward Peyton Watson have been in the range of $16-18MM per year. Stein reported last week that Denver’s best offer to Watson at that point in his free agency had been in the neighborhood of $70MM over four seasons, which would work out to $17.5MM annually. “I’ve consistently heard the offers are in the $16-to-$18MM range, in terms of annual average value,” Stein said. But the uncomfortable reality of restricted free agency is it’s incumbent on the restricted free agent to go out and generate more. As Watson waits for his resolution on his restricted free agency, he has spent the offseason bulking up.