Cancar has reached an agreement to stay with the Nuggets for the 2024-25 season, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports. Cancar played with Slovenia during the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers, and he looked healthy after undergoing surgery in August to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, an injury that caused him to miss the entire 2023-24 campaign. In his last healthy season with the Nuggets in 2022-23, Cancar appeared in 60 regular-season games and averaged 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 14.8 minutes. He should add depth to the Nuggets' frontcourt, though he probably won't be relevant in most fantasy formats.
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Vlatko Cancar Career Stats
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Career Averages
PTSREBASTBLKSTL3.51.70.90.20.3Year GP GS MIN PTS REB AST BLK STL TO DD2 TD3 3PM 3PA 3P% 2PM 2PA 2P% FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% OREB DREB PF A/TO +/- TS% 2022-23 60 9 14.8 5.0 2.1 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 1 0 0.7 1.9 37.4% 1.1 1.9 58.0% 1.8 3.8 47.6% 0.6 0.7 92.7% 0.4 1.7 1.4 2.2 -66 60.6% 2021-22 15 1 11.7 4.1 2.1 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0 0 0.5 0.8 58.3% 1.1 1.9 55.2% 1.5 2.7 56.1% 0.6 0.9 64.3% 0.5 1.5 1.2 1.9 +4 65.7% 2020-21 41 1 6.9 2.1 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0 0 0.2 0.8 27.3% 0.6 1.0 61.5% 0.8 1.8 45.8% 0.2 0.3 76.9% 0.3 1.0 0.4 1.0 -104 54.7% 2019-20 14 0 3.2 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0 0 0.1 0.4 16.7% 0.4 0.6 55.6% 0.4 1.1 40.0% 0.3 0.3 100.0% 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 -8 50.7% Career 1301110.73.51.70.90.20.30.5100.51.336.1%0.81.558.2%1.32.747.9%0.50.684.7%0.41.31.01.8-17459.6% -
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PTSREBASTBLKSTL1.30.70.30.10.1Year GP GS MIN PTS REB AST BLK STL TO DD2 TD3 3PM 3PA 3P% 2PM 2PA 2P% FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% OREB DREB PF A/TO +/- TS% 2022-23 5 0 2.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0.0% 0.0 0.2 0.0% 0.0 1.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.0 -9 0.0% 2021-22 2 0 4.5 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0.5 1.0 50.0% 0.5 0.5 100.0% 1.0 1.5 66.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 +7 83.3% 2020-21 5 0 4.2 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 0 0.2 0.2 100.0% 0.4 0.4 100.0% 0.6 0.6 100.0% 0.8 1.0 80.0% 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.0 +10 105.8% Career 1203.31.30.70.30.10.10.3000.20.628.6%0.30.375.0%0.40.945.5%0.30.480.0%0.00.70.01.0+860.6%
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Vlatko Cancar Latest News
Staying in Denver
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Cancar has reached an agreement to stay with the Nuggets for the 2024-25 season, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports. Cancar played with Slovenia during the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers, and he looked healthy after undergoing surgery in August to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, an injury that caused him to miss the entire 2023-24 campaign. In his last healthy season with the Nuggets in 2022-23, Cancar appeared in 60 regular-season games and averaged 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 14.8 minutes. He should add depth to the Nuggets' frontcourt, though he probably won't be relevant in most fantasy formats.
Back in action for Slovenia
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Cancar (knee) tallied 12 points (3-7 FG, 1-5 3Pt, 5-5 FT), four rebounds and one block across 22 minutes Tuesday for the Slovenian national team in a 108-92 loss to Croatia in a FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Cancar missed the entirety of the 2023-24 season after undergoing surgery in August to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. The Nuggets declined his team option ahead of the 2024-25 season, but they haven't ruled out re-signing the 27-year-old wing. Cancar's ability to play for Slovenia in the qualifying tournament confirms that he's healthy again, and a strong showing this summer could improve his outlook in free agency. In his last healthy season with the Nuggets in 2022-23, Cancar appeared in 60 regular-season games and averaged 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 14.8 minutes.
Nuggets declining team option
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The Nuggets declined Cancar's team option for the 2024-25 season Sunday, Bennett Durando of The Denver Post reports. Cancar will become a free agent after Denver declined his team option. The 27-year-old missed all of last season after undergoing knee surgery, and teams will likely have concerns about his injury history. However, Durando relays that there is mutual interest in the Nuggets bringing Cancar back on a minimum contract, which would be mutually beneficial. Across four years with Denver, the forward averaged 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists across 9.1 minutes per game.
Not expected to play in 2023-24
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The Nuggets aren't expecting Cancar (knee) to play at any point during the 2023-24 season after the team applied for a Disabled Player Exception from the NBA prior to the Jan. 15 deadline, Vinny Benedetto of The Denver Gazette reports. No reports have indicated that the Nuggets' request was approved by the NBA in the nearly three months since the team filed the application, but it nonetheless confirms that Cancar won't be available for the tail end of the regular season nor Denver's postseason run after he tore the ACL in his left knee in mid-August while playing for Slovenia during an exhibition game in Greece. Cancar acknowledged as much in an interview with Grant Afseth of SI.com in December, when the 26-year-old forward noted that he has turned his focus toward getting healthy for the upcoming summer, when he hopes to resume playing for Slovenia in the 2024 Olympics in Paris if the national team qualifies for a spot in the tournament. Cancar noted in the interview that he's been able to resume running on the court since undergoing surgery on his knee, but it's unclear what he's been able to do in terms of basketball activity in the ensuing three-plus months.