It’s a Monday in early July and while the Denver Nuggets’ Summer League team is off, Calvin Booth isn’t.
The team’s assistant GM is tucked away in one of the last rows in the lower bowl at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, taking in a few games. The 43-year-old, who spent a decade in the NBA as a rim protector, is observing and doing what has become second nature to him over the past few years: Scouting and evaluating talent.
Booth is also all smiles because the Nuggets have just acquired Jerami Grant, a player whose versatility on both sides of the floor should be a seamless fit on coach Michael Malone’s team.