If the Denver Nuggets are going to actually trade rumor-riddled franchise point guard Ty Lawson before the 2015-16 season tips off, they'll need to get creative.
Not creative in the sense they need to figure out how to make a deal work financially or creative in a way that entails them selecting the right package from a pool of competing offers. They're well past that point.
The Nuggets need to get creative by finding a taker for Lawson at all.
Bleacher Report's Howard Beck said the word around NBA Summer League circles is that Denver wants to offload Lawson before opening night—information that's less a shock, more a completely expected development.
Selecting fellow point guard Emmanuel Mudiay at No. 7 in this year's draft all but showed the Nuggets' hand: Lawson, in their eyes, does not have a future in Denver. And just in case Mudiay's arrival wasn't enough evidence, the Nuggets re-signed veteran floor general Jameer Nelson to a three-year deal for good measure, per ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
Each of those moves is merely an extension of the predraft rumblings that dominated t ...
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Denver Nuggets Must Get Creative to Trade Ty Lawson by Opening Night
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