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Nuggets finalize coaching staff for 2016-17 NBA season

Nuggets assistant coaches Wes Unseld Jr., Micah Nori and Ryan Bowen received promotions as Denver announced Wednesday it has finalized its coaching staff for the 2016-17 season.

Unseld, in his second year with the Nuggets, has been promoted as head coach Michael Malone’s lead assistant on the bench. Also in his second season in Denver, Nori moves to the front of the Nuggets’ bench. Bowen, who played five years with the Nuggets, is entering his fourth year as an assistant with the team. He becomes the first coach behind the team’s bench.

Ognjen Stojakovic becomes one of the team’s player development coach, joining John Beckett and newly hired Stephen Graham.