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The Denver Nuggets are not in need of any more scoring, but an extra shooter off the bench for a cold day could serve them well when play returns.
J.R. Smith has had one of the most unpredictable, up-and-down careers of anybody in the NBA in recent memory. His streaky, red hot shooting can suddenly spiral down into a painfully bad slump that renders him useless to the offense. He can play punishing perimeter defense, only to then devolve into playing softer and softer defense and allow his man to waltz into the paint as if he wasn’t there.