Denver Nuggets: 3 candidates for a breakout season in 2019-20

2. Monte Morris

Last year, Monte Morris filled in very well as the backup point guard. He took care of the ball, and he shot a consistent clip from the field. Next season, he could make a case for Sixth Man of the Year.

He’s not going lead the team in scoring off the bench because that’s not how his game works. He’s more of a distributor, but he can score when given the opportunity as he improved his career-high to 22 last season.

This year, seeing him eclipse the 25-point mark isn’t impossible. He also could spend more time playing among the starters if the Denver Nuggets decide to go small more frequently to give Millsap more rest.

At 6’3,” if he, Murray and Harris are all on the floor, they would likely outsize most guards with all three of them being at least 6’3″ in height. Backup point guards have become more and more important in today’s NBA and Morris would be no exception to that rule.

Morris could legitimately average a 50/40/90 shooting line next season, and no one would bat an eye because he’s an extremely fundamentally sound basketball player. Since he came into the league, he makes the right play far more often than he makes the wrong play.

Morris only has this season guaranteed on his contract. He could not only get the following year guaranteed with some strong play, but he could get a nice extension while he was at it.