How much longer can the Nuggets wait to choose their path?

The Nuggets have been patient. When they had to trade Carmelo Anthony they took their time, played the Nets and the Knicks off against one another and netted several core pieces to their 57-win season out of it, as well as building blocks to their future (hello, Jamal Murray). When that 57-win team ran aground with new coach Brian Shaw, they were still steadfast and turned to the draft for assistance instead of trying to patch over the holes with long contracts. They turned to new coach Michael Malone and kept plugging away, with Tim Connelly constantly preaching flexibility as a core value. He discussed both this year’s draft picks and the veteran leadership of those Knicks’ trade pieces Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler this offseason.

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