7. Denver Nuggets
Pick: Dragan Bender, F, Maccabi Tel Aviv
With the first of their numerous first-round picks, I believe the Denver Nuggets will be taking the best player available at this point. That means Dragan Bender will fly off the board as soon as Denver goes on the clock.
Additionally, the Nuggets also have a knack for finding quality international prospects – they’ve done well with Nikola Jokic, Jusuf Nurkic, Joffrey Lauvergne and others. Should we add Bender to that long list, too?
With the drafting of Bender, though, I’m not exactly sure what that means for Kenneth Faried‘s future with the team. However, it actually might be time to move on from Faried, who’s been the subject of trade rumors in each of the last few seasons.
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