DENVER — No one could have predicted this type of breakthrough from Wilson Chandler.
He'd missed the entire 2015-16 NBA season, continuing to heal a hip injury suffered in China one year prior. As he said before the beginning of this new campaign, "It was a long summer. Just rehabbing and working out, pretty much. Took a couple trips, but mostly rehabbing."
Beyond that, he would be playing for a Denver Nuggets squad loaded with burgeoning talent at all positions—playing time might be more difficult to come by. He was also entering his age-29 season, which means he should've been moving away from his true athletic prime.
None of that has mattered.
While the younger Nuggets have largely struggled and failed to push the team past mediocrity, Chandler has thrived off the bench to emerge as a legitimate Sixth Man of the Year candidate. Through 18 appearances, he's averaging 18.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting 47.8 percent from the field and 35.5 percent from the three-point line.
It's the best he's ever played, and not just because he' ...
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Wilson Chandler Emerging as Rare Bright Spot Amid Denver Nuggets’ Struggles
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