Nuggets GM Calvin Booth has options heading into first NBA draft as team’s lead decision-maker

Arizona guard Dalen Terry brings the ball down court against Houston during the first half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in San Antonio.The Nuggets have options.

Specifically, general manager Calvin Booth has numerous levers to pull ahead of Thursday night’s NBA draft, which will be Booth’s first as the Nuggets’ primary-decision maker. The Nuggets enter the draft armed with the Nos. 21 and 30 overall picks.

What they need – and what the Nuggets are targeting – is fairly obvious: porous on the perimeter, the Nuggets desperately need to improve defensively. Numerous wing players have been discussed internally, sources said.

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