The maelstrom swept through Ball Arena a week and a half ago, the fallout of the reported Michael Malone-Calvin Booth rift erupting in one shocking day, sweeping up all the Nuggets’ mainstays in its wake. Nikola Jokic’s long-term future suddenly lies more uncertain. Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray’s contracts dangle in the balance.
And at the eye of the storm, the heart of this conflict that led to Denver firing its head coach and general manager in the span of a few minutes, was a reserve guard who’s played 76 games in his NBA career.