Everything You Need to Know About the Denver Nuggets’ 2015-16 NBA Season

October 13th, 2015 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »

The Denver Nuggets desperately need some direction. 

After suffering through an abject disaster last year, a team that previously harbored hopes of a playoff berth was forced to completely switch things up. Brian Shaw was out as the head coach, replaced first by interim Melvin Hunt and then, this offseason, by Mike Malone, who will attempt to balance hard-nosed defense with running amid the city's altitude advantage. Ty Lawson, the former face of the franchise, was traded to the Houston Rockets after his off-court problems proved too much. 

Now, the Nuggets are an incredibly young squad filled with one unproven player after another. The roster is overflowing with high-upside international prospects—Jusuf Nurkic, Joffrey Lauvergne, Nikola Jokic—and highlighted by the No. 7 pick in this year's draft. If Emmanuel Mudiay can immediately surge and make a strong push for Rookie of the Year, the ceiling of these Nuggets could improve substantially. 

But even if he doesn't, this campaign is more about growth than wins. Discovering an identity and evaluating the many young contributors must be o ...

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