The big men on the near court were attention-grabbers. Texas’ Jarrett Allen and Creighton’s Justin Patton were being put through shooting drills near the end of the Nuggets Friday morning pre-draft workout, but it is their defense that will get each into the NBA.
And that’s precisely what the Nuggets wanted to see up-close.
The Nuggets were 27th in the NBA in blocked shots last season, averaging just 3.9 per game. With that as the backdrop, there is a growing theme with many of the players they’ve brought in for workouts in the last couple of weeks – they are shot blockers.