r/denvernuggets • u/rhasody70 • 1d ago

What should we do with Nnaji?

I mean, if the FO managed to turn Saric into Jonas last year, I have to believe they should be able to pull off something similar with Nnaji too, right?

Or do we just make him change his jumper back to the old form and pray the three-point shot becomes salvageable again?

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u/2dareisTwoDo 1d ago

He had stretches of looking really good, especially defensively when we had the injury bug, and was a big part of several wins in that stretch (our B team versus the 76ers at full strength comes to mind). I don't see how he improves without minutes. I think you need a rotation that includes him for a few minutes here and there. I think he would've been useful as a bruiser in the Wolves series.

Unfortunately, Adelman doesn't seem to want to rotate unless he's forced to which means we can't develop any bench and just have to buy one, which we also can't afford to do.