Today’s Team: Denver Nuggets
| Team Roster | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | Pos | Aage | Height | Weight | College | 2015-2016 Salary |
| 00 | Darrell Arthur | PF | 27 | 6-9 | 235 | Kansas | $2,814,000 |
| 5 | Will Barton | SG | 24 | 6-6 | 175 | Memphis | $3,533,333 |
| 21 | Wilson Chandler | SF | 28 | 6-8 | 225 | DePaul | $10,449,438 |
| 35 | Kenneth Faried | PF | 25 | 6-8 | 228 | Morehead State | $11,235,955 |
| 4 | Randy Foye | SG | 32 | 6-4 | 213 | Villanova | $3,135,000 |
| 8 | Danilo Gallinari | SF | 27 | 6-10 | 225 | $14,000,000 | |
| 11 | Erick Green | PG | 24 | 6-4 | 185 | Virginia Tech | $845,059 |
| 14 | Gary Harris | SG | 21 | 6-4 | 210 | Michigan State | $1,584,480 |
| 7 | J.J. Hickson | PF | 27 | 6-9 | 242 | North Carolina State | $5,613,500 |
| 98 | Nick Johnson | SG | 22 | 6-3 | 202 | Arizona | $845,059 |
| 13 | Nikola Jokic | C | 20 | 6-10 | 250 | $1,300,000 | |
| 77 | Joffrey Lauvergne | PF | 24 | 6-11 | 220 | $1,709,719 | |
| 0 | Emmanuel Mudiay | PG | 19 | 6-5 | 200 | $3,102,240 | |
| 28 | Jameer Nelson | PG | 33 | 6-0 | 190 | Saint Joseph’s | $4,345,000 |
| 23 | Jusuf Nurkic | C | 21 | 6-11 | 280 | $1,842,000 | |
| 97 | Kostas Papanikolaou | SF | 25 | 6-8 | 235 | $4,797,664 | |
Who’s gone: Ty Lawson
Who’s new: Emmanuel Mudiay, coach Michael Malone, Kostas Panpanikolaou
Offseason review: A fairly ho-hum offseason for the Nuggets, save for the addition of Emmanuel Mudiay, their point guard of the future (and perhaps even present, given Ty Lawson’s situation). This is troubling. Last season should have signaled the beginning of a rebuild, yet instead the Nuggets seem to think, for whatever reason, the exact same roster can compete for a playoff spot in the stacked Western Conference.
Grade: C
2015-16 season outlook: Same roster, likely same result. The West is too good, and the Nuggets are too mediocre. Another lottery trip is all their future holds.
Prediction: 15th Western Conference (top contender for the first seed in 2016 draft lottery)
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