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J.J. Hickson Isn’t As Bad As You Think He Is

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.