Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
The Denver Nuggets have been one of the most successful NBA franchises at drafting in the last decade, a reputation that has endured across multiple general manager tenures.
Renck vs. Keeler: If Nuggets can’t trade out of pick No. 28, which NBA draft prospect should they take in the first round? The Nuggets aren’t likely to trade out of the draft for a player using that pick. If that proves to be the case, pressure is on to nail the pick. Here are 10 names to watch:Dayton forward DaRon Holmes II dunks against Nevada during the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 21, 2024.
The MAC Player of the Year and NCAA leader in rebounding last season , Freeman worked out with the Nuggets during the pre-draft process. He turns 24 in July after a five-year college career that started as a walk-on with an academic scholarship. Freeman is known as a hard worker with a physical style at 6-7. He’s an exceptional help defender who shows serious on-ball promise as well. But he’s low on most mock drafts due to his offensive limitations.
Projected in the mid to late 20s, Smith is an outlier candidate in that he’s still a teen. He was mocked to the Nuggets at No. 28 bythis week, and he worked out with them recently. The 6-9 forward often exists on the perimeter, knocking down spot-up or pick-and-pop 3s effectively . He’s not a ball-in-hand offensive player, doing most of his interior scoring as a cutter. Draft experts view defense as a major concern, but Smith has the athleticism to develop there.
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