The current makeup of the Denver Nuggets roster has always looked slightly odd on paper.
With four true centers in Jusuf Nurkic, Nikola Jokic, Joffrey Lauvergne and J.J. Hickson and two other frontcourt players in Kenneth Faried and Darrell Arthur that were sure to demand playing time, it was clear after Summer League and the preseason that first-year coach Michael Malone had his hands full divvying up minutes.
Then the injuries struck.
Nurkic took longer than expected to recover from offseason knee surgery and was held out through the first 33 games of the season.