Denver Nuggets: 5 Best Moments of the Offseason

Jun 23, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Jamal Murray (Kentucky) greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number seven overall pick to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

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Mar 19, 2016; Des Moines, IA, USA; Kentucky Wildcats guard Jamal Murray (23) shoots the ball against Indiana Hoosiers guard Yogi Ferrell (11) in the second half during the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Drafting Jamal Murray

The biggest positive of the summer for the Nuggets was their acquisition of Jamal Murray. Murray was a player who could have gone top five in the draft and no one would have batted an eye.

But things didn’t work out that way as the Kentucky product slipped to Denver at number seven, allowing the team to get the guy they wanted all along. This was an ideal start to what ended up being an extremely productive draft for Michael Malone and company.

Murray is expected to be one of the Nuggets’ best scorers in the near future.

Denver really struggled from behind the arc last season and they addressed that issue in the draft by spending three first-round picks on guys who can all shoot the deep ball.

If the team is planning to completely turn things around and make three-point shooting a strength rather than a weakness, Murray will have to be the center of it. He figures to get the most playing time of all the Denver rookies, so he’ll have the greatest opportunity to produce.

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While his success isn’t guaranteed, the Nuggets landed themselves an extremely promising rookie. The draft overall really couldn’t have gone much better for them, and it all starts with Murray who looks to have all the necessary tools to be Denver’s next big star.

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