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NBA draft: The Nuggets need a shooting guard. Fortunately, this draft is full of them.

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Editor’s note: Second in a series previewing the upcoming NBA draft. Today: shooting guard The Nuggets have a slight advantage as the NBA draft on Nov. 18 creeps closer. At shooting guard, one of Denver’s most pressing needs, there’s actually a fair amount of depth that could be within range with the No. 22 pick.
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NBA draft: Why Nuggets can’t rule out drafting a PG at No. 22

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After what Jamal Murray just did in Orlando, point guard is about the last place the Nuggets need to upgrade in this month’s draft. Murray’s rise coupled with Monte Morris’ steady play as a backup gives Denver a backcourt tandem that only a handful of teams can rival. But this year’s draft process, the most
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Nuggets rewind: From embarrassing to stunning, the 8 moments that defined Denver’s season

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Whichever way the time went, it was definitely going to be memorable. The Nuggets would capitalize on year &rsquo effort and establish that their staying power or discriminated beneath the stress of expectations. Though the Nuggets skidded into the hiatus with six losses in their past 11 matches, theyrsquo;t experienced a season up to now.
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Nuggets Insider: Denver has a first-round draft pick again. Here’s who mock drafters have the team selecting

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Miss Juancho Hernangomez and Malik Beasley? Yeah, we do too. If it’s any comfort, the two of them are flourishing in their newfound roles since being traded to Minnesota, with Beasley (21.1 ppg) and Juancho (14.0 ppg) both averaging double-digit points per game. Not enough to ease your pain? Well, there’s always that first-round draft
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Nuggets beat T-Wolves, spoil returns of Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez

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Sunday provided an early referendum on Denver’s trade deadline deal that shook the locker area up . And the returns, at least in Denver’s perspective, were asserting. Gary Harris hounded Malik Beasley, now Minnesota’s starting shooting guard, along with the Nuggets drilled the Timberwolves 128-116 on Sunday in the Pepsi Center to improve to 39-18.
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Meet the new Nuggets: Keita Bates-Diop, Gerald Green, Shabazz Napier and Noah Vonleh added in four-team trade

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The Nuggets roster failed an overnight makeover in a blockbuster trade that will bring four gamers into the Mile High City. But, don’t dictate those new jerseys just. Denver’s competitive approach may not be over with fluid roster structure until Friday’s trade deadline. However, Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez were near being coped late Tuesday
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Nuggets injury bug opens door for extended bench minutes: “I know I’ll be playing a lot”

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The doors into the Nuggets’ auxiliary gym at the Pepsi Center remained closed Saturday afternoon, and rather than allowing reporters to see the last minutes of exercise, the group required prolonged secrecy to run setup plays before the final whistle. This was extra preparation time made mandatory with a unfortunate Nuggets injury bug as rsquo
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Nuggets humbled on Christmas Day as Pelicans snap winning streak at 7

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A Christmas Day showcase, it wasn’t. At least to the Nuggets, whose seven-game winning streak was snapped in the hands of a rebuilding — nevertheless hungry — Pelicans squad. New Orleans came to Pepsi Center for its Nuggets’ first Christmas Day match since 2012 and handed them a humbling 112-100 reduction, not reminiscent of the
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Nuggets Journal: Should Denver make a deal before trade deadline?

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Think you’t obtained grandiose strategies to enhance your Denver Nuggets? Great, now that we’re past Dec. 15, those trade plans are just marginally more grounded in reality. Dec. 15 declared the unofficial beginning of NBA trade season, at which free agents that signed this summer are now eligible to be transferred. That means over 90%
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Nuggets pound Knicks, snap two-game losing streak behind season-high 21 three-pointers

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NEW YORK — No team can cure an crime like the New York Knicks. The Nuggets began their road trip with a resounding win that was 129-92, yanking the Knicks their eighth consecutive loss. The win enhanced Denver’s listing to 6-2 and 14-5 away from Pepsi Center. “We (had) lost two matches in a row,”
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