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 (hamstring), Will Barton (hamstring) and P.J. Dozier (adductor) after Murray’s left knee buckled in San Francisco.
The only guards remaining were rookie Facu Campazzo, April-addition Austin Rivers and two-ways Markus Howard and Shaq Harrison.