The Emmanuel Mudiay era begins now.
If that wasn't obvious when the Denver Nuggets made him the No. 7 overall pick in this year's draft, it became crystal clear when the team traded Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets for Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Joey Dorsey, Pablo Prigioni and a 2016 protected first-round pick.
In Johnson, Papanikolaou and Dorsey, the Nuggets added excellent depth off the bench to bolster their rotation (Prigioni was waived). In the 2016 first-round pick, they added another asset to build around Mudiay for the future.
Yes, they probably sold low on Lawson, whose value was diminished after he was arrested for a DUI for the second time this year in July. But it still wasn't a bad deal for Denver.
For new coach Mike Malone and new vice president of basketball operations Pete D'Alessandro, the rebuild was something of a slow one before the Lawson deal. Now, the team has fresh blood in the players brought over in that trade, while the Nuggets also re-upped Danilo Gallinari and Darrell Arthur.
Change was absolutely needed f ...
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