Outside of the draft, the Denver Nuggets have yet to make any significant moves this offseason. In fact, the Nuggets have yet to make any roster moves at all, save for selecting point guards Emmanuel Mudiay and Nikola Radicevic in the NBA draft last month.
Free agency opened on July 1, and while 29 teams around the league have made an effort to improve, the Nuggets have stood still. Following a 30-52 season that culminated in the seventh overall pick, the Nuggets cannot afford to be idle. The Nuggets could use an upgrade at multiple positions, but we’ll focus on the big men for now.
Here are five frontcourt options, still available in free agency, that would make a good fit in Denver…
No 1. – Chris Copeland
Nuggets forwards Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler will both become unrestricted free agents following the 2015-16 NBA season. Copeland, a 6-foot-8 forward out of the University of Colorado, would provide good depth as a forward off the bench and an insurance policy in case Gallinari and Chandler decide to split following the season. Copeland, who played his college ball in Boulder, appeared in 50 games for the Indiana Pacers in 2014-15, averaging 6.2 points on 16.6 minutes a game. He shot just 31.1 percent from three last season, but has shot the three at a 37.3 percent clip over his career. Copeland could slot in at either forward position, and could provide the Nuggets with 15-20 minutes off the bench as a stretch 4, an increasingly important asset in todays pace-and-space NBA.
