For the past few years, Denver Nuggets big man J.J. Hickson has become a punching bag around the NBA, in the same category as guys like Kendrick Perkins, Javale McGee and Andrea Bargnani.
SB Nation’s Tom Ziller was particularly hard on the 27-year-old big man when he previewed the Nuggets before the season.
This is what Ziller said, in response to the question: “let’s play amateur GM: what would you do with the roster?”
“I’d leave J.J. Hickson at an airport of his choice. I’d try to get a draft pick for Kenneth Faried.