Deal made Nuggets one of shortest teams into one of tallest teams (and deepest)

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Considering the bizarre circumstance of Carmelo Anthony hand-picking his next NBA destination, the Nuggets found a morsel of leverage and made a great trade on Monday night. In one stroke, they may have turned one of the shortest teams in the NBA into one of the tallest...and deepest.

 

The Nuggets suddenly became one of the biggest teams in the Western Conference and yet no one seems to be talking about this. In theory, the Nuggets could trot out a starting frontline of Nene (listed at 6'11" but really 6'9") at power forward, Gallinari (6'10") at small forward and Mozgov (7'1") at center, backed up by Chandler (6'8"), Al Harrington (6'9"), Kenyon Martin (6'9") and Chris Andersen (6'10"). Throw in the Nuggets new starting backcourt of Felton at point guard and Arron Afflalo at shooting guard - backed up by Ty Lawson, J.R. Smith and Gary Forbes - and the Nuggets go 12 deep. 12!!

 

Missing from the equation, of course, is having that "one guy" who can erupt for 30-plus points and win a game by himself (with Melo and Billups, the Nuggets had two of them). But eight months after the Cavaliers and Raptors were left empty-handed in the wake of LeBron James and Chris Bosh's respective departures, the Nuggets came away with a fully-stocked team still capable of making the playoffs, an immediate reduction in salary and cap flexibility on the other side of the NBA's pending lockout.

 

To paraphrase Melo, the younger Kroenke and Ujiri should take their hats off to themselves.

 

 

http://www.denverstiffs.com/2011/2/21/2007013/grizzlies-at-nuggets-post-melo-era-begins-with-lots-of-depth-7pm-mst

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