NBA draft preview: Will Nuggets add point guard after devastating rash of injuries?

FILE – Baylor’s Jared Butler (12) brings the ball up the court against Auburn during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Waco, Texas, in this Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, file photo. Butler has made The Associated Press All-America first team, announced Tuesday, March 16, 2021.Editor’s note: The first of a five-part series previewing the Nuggets’ positional outlook heading into the July 29 NBA Draft. Up first: point guard.

In break-glass circumstances, sometimes patchwork is good enough.

In the grueling aftermath of Jamal Murray’s torn ACL this past April, the Nuggets, somehow, cobbled together a respectable backcourt. And that was despite the absences of Monte Morris…