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Renck vs. Keeler: Can Julian Strawther be focal point for Nuggets bench that desperately needs scoring?

Renck: Lost in a quiet offseason, questionable defense and Jamal Murray’s fitness, did the Nuggets find the Strawther than stirs the drink? Or at least the Liquid IV to caffeinate the bench? The Nuggets dropped four of their five preseason games, but there has been one positive development: the improvement of second-year pro Julian Strawther. At 6-foot-7, 205 pounds, he provides an ideal mismatch on the perimeter, but it never translated last season when his rookie year was a brick-by-brick construction project. A year later, everything is different. So, Sean, can Strawther become the focal point of a Nuggets bench that desperately needs scoring to preserve minutes for Nikola Jokic and Murray?