Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji only had to look at assistant coach Ryan Bowen’s mangled fingers to know he didn’t want his digits to take on the same shape.
“I don’t want them to be like that,” he joked ahead of Sunday night’s Christmas thriller against Phoenix.
When Nnaji looked down at his left hand and saw his pinkie ajar during Friday’s win over the Blazers, he headed straight to the Nuggets’ head trainer, Dan Shimensky, and asked him to pull it back in place. Finally given a chance to make a difference off the bench, Nnaji didn’t want to leave the game.