After hosting Bosnians Dzanan Musa and Ajdin Penava (who played college basketball at Marshall) and Lithuanian Arnoldas Kulboka for pre-draft workouts Wednesday, the Nuggets maintained an international theme by welcoming the 7-foot-1 Tryggvi Hlinason of Iceland to Thursday’s group session.
Hlinason’s rise to a fringe NBA draft prospect has been swift. He grew up on a small-town sheep farm and has been playing organized basketball for less than five years. But last year he jumped from the top league in Iceland to Valencia Basket in Spain, which plays in both the best professional league in that country and in the prestigious EuroLeague.