It was Summer 2013 and Tim Connelly had just got his first gig as a general manager in the NBA. First task on the job: The NBA draft. Oh, by the way, he had only two weeks to prepare. Denver had just one pick in the draft, 27th overall, but the Nuggets worked two deals that night.
The first was to trade the 27th pick to Utah. Utah told Denver to select Rudy Gobert with the pick and the Jazz would select Erick Green with the 46th pick and send him to the Nuggets in return (along with a big bucket of cash).