You could almost feel the growing rage of Nuggets Nation as that first preseason game hit halftime. After over a year of anticipation, and for some much longer, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone still denied the fan base what they desperately desired. Michael Porter Jr. had yet to get up off the bench. It wasn’t for a lack of being ready. After all Porter was the only one on the bench to forego his shooting shirt, seemingly ready to run onto the court in a moments notice. It would take Malone another seven and a half minutes before he gave the rookie his moment.