Denver Post · Feb 2, 2022
Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji: “I’m seeing things” I didn’t see before
Denver Nuggets’ Carlik Jones (22) controls the ball past a diving Milwaukee Bucks’ Grayson Allen during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Milwaukee.MINNEAPOLIS — Lost in the shuffle of Tuesday night’s drubbing at the hands of the Timberwolves was another quietly productive game from Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji.
Even though all nine of his points came in the fourth quarter — well after the game was decided — it was the manner in which he continued to light up the box score that should have team officials giddy. Nnaji, a 6-foot-9 hybrid forward, went 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.