Less than a week after Nikola Jokiu0107 received first-team All-NBA honors, the Nuggets saw another one of their European players gain recognition for an impressive season.
Vlatko u010canu010dar, the team’s second-round choice in 2017, was named in Liga ACB’s Young Players’ Best Five Squad for this past season. u010canu010dar, 22, improved in several statistical category in his sophomore campaign with the San Pablo Burgos. The Slovenian averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and shot 46.4 percent after going 7.2/2.9/.438 in his first campaign in the Spanish top flight -- largely considered to be the best basketball league outside of the NBA.