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Reports surfacing Nuggets may be looking to move up from 26 on draft night

Smoke screen season is officially in full swing with the NBA Draft just two days away, but that isn’t a reason to gloss over rumors involving the Denver Nuggets. It started with Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer earlier today, who had this to say about Denver:

The Nuggets are one of the multiple teams looking to move up into the top 20 of the draft, league sources say. Denver currently has the 26th pick.

New mock draft with the latest intel: https://t.co/zhXAGLc6P4— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) July 27, 2021

This is what O’Connor had to say in the article:

“League sources say the Nuggets are trying to move up from the 26th pick into the top 20, and using young bench players or future picks as lures.