The Nuggets’ biggest offseason move — trading Monte Morris and Will Barton to Washington — was a gamble on the defensive chops of guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
While the calculus of that trade was primarily about bolstering the defense, it was also a not-so-subtle vote of confidence for guard Bones Hyland, whose first year in the NBA earned him second-team All-Rookie honors.
Without Hyland, or mor . . .
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