When the Denver Nuggets drafted Michael Porter Jr. with the 14th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, they took a chance on a player that had a lot of question marks. Porter fell to the Nuggets on draft night as questions about his health scared teams away, but not Denver.
With the Nuggets already having a core in place of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Gary Harris, they could afford a risk like Porter. Not only was Porter a projected top-3 pick a year before having to sit out most of his lone season at Missouri, but the Nuggets also presented an opportunity for him to redshirt his rookie year.