Arron Afflalo is the best NBA player no one outside of the Mile High City has ever heard of.
Afflalo is a relative nobody in the NBA who should be regarded as an up-and-coming player in the Association.
Afflalo, in his fourth year as a professional basketball player, has been the starting shooting guard for the Nuggets since he was brought to Denver in a trade before the 2009-10 season.
Nuggets head coach George Karl showed he had much confidence in Afflalo, starting him in front of the other-worldly athletic abilities of J.R. Smith, and Karl’s conviction has proven correct as Afflalo has shined in his role.
And while Afflalo enjoyed much growth as a starter last season, he proved he’s not complacent like Smith and other gifted NBAers—Afflalo went to work in the offseason.
This year, he’s quicker, more explosive, a better passer, more aggressive on the boards—Afflalo’s all-around a better player.
It shouldn’t come as surprising either, he’s hailed as a gym rat, (the first one to the Pepsi Center and the last one to leave) an extremely unique characteristic of an N ...
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Denver Nuggets’ Arron Afflalo the Early Favorite for NBA’s Most Improved Player
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