As we approach the most dormant part of the NBA offseason, what better than to check how the odds makers see the Denver Nuggets chances of contenting for a title next season. After a flurry of offseason moves by Calvin Booth, the Nuggets seemed primed as ever to push for that elusive first championship next season.
After the additions of Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, Ismael Kamagate, and even Collin Gillespie on draft night, the Nuggets went into free agency on a mission to upgrade one area in particular, defense. Braun, Watson, and Kamagate all fit that mold as do the Nuggets two biggest offseason additions in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown.