With the Denver Nuggets offseason in full effect, the front office has now set out to dissect the upcoming NBA Draft and the vast amount of players that are set to hit the market as free agents this year.

And as the Nuggets go, so do all of us here at Mile High Sports.

So over the next month we will be going position-by-position and breaking down the top five draft choices and potential free agents and their fit in Denver.

Today we will be breaking down the best shooting guards in the upcoming NBA Draft. It is arguably the most talent-rich position available this draft, so when it comes to the Nuggets purposes we will be looking at these five prospects ceiling, fit with Nuggets, and potential range they will fall into.

Timothè Luwawu, Mega Leks

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Age: 21 years old     Size: 6’7, 205 pounds

Last Season’s Stats: 14.6 points; 4.8 rebounds; 2.8 assists per game

Shooting Percentages: 39.8% from the field; 37.2% from three-point; 69% from the free throw line

Luwawu is the shooting guard for Nikola Jokic’s former team, Mega Leks of the Adriatic League. He is an explosive athlete who brings three-point shooting and a wingspan that is an engulfing seven feet. His defensive potential is up there with the best in the draft class and has a solid foundation on his jump shot. He is sure to have been scouted by the Nuggets already, being that they have one of the premier international scouting teams and signed Jokic out of Mega Leks just last year. He is a fiery and intense player on the court and that is something the Nuggets have lacked for the past decade.

Luwawu is slated to go somewhere between 14-24 and could rise higher than that. He is as enigmatic of a prospect as you get but could have a ceiling among those being taken in the high lottery. He has a crisp jump shot already and hit 37.2 percent of his three-point shots this year. Luwawu has shown great body control going to the rim. He consistently plays above the rim in the Adriatic league, and that creates the biggest question mark surrounding him: Will his athletic ability be able to translate to the NBA? He played in the pick-and-roll quite often with Mega Leks, which is a good sign for his development.

Out of all of the shooting guards in the 2016 NBA Draft class Timothè Luwawu has the best fit with the Nuggets. He already has the defensive versatility to guard 1-3 giving the Nuggets a potential lock down perimeter defender. He is a solid three point shooter and already has shown the smarts to take good cuts to the rim, as Gary Harris did all this season. A lineup of Mudiay, Luwawu, Chandler, Arthur, Nurkic is a defensive force that could switch everything 1-4. You can pencil me in as a huge believer in Timothè Luwawu and his fit in the Mile High City.