Takeaways From the Nuggets Season Opener

Yesterday, the Nuggets struggled against the Utah Jazz — which was far from what fans had hoped to see from a team with title aspirations. The team came out flat, and looked like they didn’t know they had a game for the first half. The starters were a normal amount of bad, but the bench made it even worse — even as there was hope in the second half it was too little too late. So let’s take a look at what went wrong, what the Nuggets can do to fix those issues, and if they’re big issues moving forward.

Bones Hyland’s Defense

Bones Hyland had an underwhelming first game of his second season. On the offensive end he put up 10 points on 3/8 shooting while forcing up some tough looks that were…