Denver Nuggets: Complete 2016 Offseason Grades

Denver Nuggets: 2016 Offseason Grades

DENVER, CO - JUNE 29: Denver Nuggets introduce their top draft picks during an introductory news conference June 29, 2016 at Pepsi Center. Left to right Jamal Murray, Petr Cornelie, Juan Hernangomez and Malik Beasley. (Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /

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Petr Cornelie of Le Mans during the Basketball men’s National Cup match between ASVEL and Le Mans at Hotel Accor Arena Bercy on 1st May, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Nolwenn Le Gouic/Icon Sport) (Photo by Nolwenn Le Gouic/Icon Sport via Getty Images) /

Draft Pick No. 4

At No. 53, the Nuggets were wise/lucky to find such a high-upside draft-and-stash prospect like Frenchman Petr Cornelie, who may eventually join Lauvergne and Toupane on a Denver squad that’s only a departed Evan Fournier away from being Team France.

Joining the Nuggets at Summer League, Cornelie averaged 8.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. Though he only shot 41.5 percent from the floor and went 1-for-5 from three-point range, Cornelie is a tantalizing 6’11” stretch-4 who can run the floor and do things like this:

As one of this draft’s best draft-and-stash candidates, it may be awhile before Nuggets fans get their chance to see what this 20-year-old can do in the NBA.

That late into the second round, the Nuggets avoided adding a third/fourth body at training camp while also keeping a potentially talented big in their back pocket. That’s really all you can ask for from the fourth and final pick of any NBA Draft.

Grade: B+

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