JOHN LEYBA / THE DENVER POST)
Chris Copeland had no problem navigating the long road to finally reach the NBA. If that's the sort of path it takes to get back there, so be it.
Copeland was always an anomaly among former Colorado basketball stars, going undrafted out of CU in 2006 yet nonetheless making his way to the NBA in 2012 with a delayed splash. The former Buffaloes forward finished sixth in the 2012-13 NBA Rookie of the Year voting, a full seven years after he played his final game at the Coors Events Center.