Inside Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji’s “giant leap” this summer

Denver Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji celebrates his six clutch points to close out a scrimmage with head coach Michael Malone during the team’s training camp at the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California on Friday, September 30, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)The talk of Nuggets training camp in San Diego wasn’t the two-time MVP, Nikola Jokic, or even the two max players returning from their extended absences.

Of course, onlookers were curious how Jamal Murray pivoted on his surgically-repaired knee and how mobile Michael Porter Jr. looked. But the most optimistic chatter stemmed from the play of third-year pro Zeke Nnaji, whose dedicated summer of work . . .