Kevin Durant is in Phoenix. Kyrie Irving is in Dallas. And yet Denver is still the team to beat in the NBA’s Western Conference. via SeanKeeler
Name one move — one — since last summer that’s blown up in Calvin Booth’s face.who moved to the head chair of the Nuggets’ front office last June when Tim Connelly went north,He swapped out Will Barton and Monte Morris for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith. Granted, losing Morris felt like someone ripping a Band-Aid off your shin without fair warning. But flash forward a few months, and the Washington Wizards were reportedly working on a buyout of Barton’s contract.
The Nuggets needed a post scorer in the second unit. So Booth snatched 6-foot-10 Thomas Bryant, a center who’d put up a ridiculous 137 Offensive Rating — as in, scoring 137 points per 100 minutes played, per Basketball-Reference.com — over 41 games with the Lakers. But here’s the thing: Those franchises swung big because they HAD to. The Nuggets went into Thursday night’s action with a four-and-a-half game lead on Memphis for the best record in the West. Denver had an 8.5-game lead on Phoenix and Dallas.
But Boston, the beast of the East, also largely stood pat, adding a bench big in Mike Muscala. Milwaukee traded for wily vet Jae Crowder, who’s been angling for a way out of Phoenix since the start of the season, and called it a day. Memphis star Ja Morant says he’s “fine in the West,” and management obliged, adding only Kennard at the deadline.
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