The Denver Nuggets have, by most accounts, had a very successful offseason. They paid big money to retain their core, cleared some roster clutter, drafted for upside, and used their last few roster spots on either cheap young players or short term heavy-hitters. The direction of the franchise from a core player standpoint has been assured - so what comes next for a team that’s trying to shake the “pretender” label and become a contender?
There’s an experiment that shows what happens when you convert the elastic potential energy in several differently-sized balls to help boost the smallest ball much further than it would ever bounce on its own.