Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and the Nuggets:
NBA Insider
Training camp is less than a month away, and the Nuggets have rotation questions to answer before the regular season starts.
Here’s our best guess on the rotation in the Oct. 24 season-opener against Oklahoma City at Ball Arena.
Starters
For the first time in a couple of seasons, the Nuggets have an opening in the starting five after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope signed with Orlando in free agency.
Christian Braun is the best bet to complete the starting five, which will once again have a chance to be the league’s best unit. The 23-year-old does enough of the stuff that made Caldwell-Pope a perfect fit alongside Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic. Braun’s on track to be Denver’s best perimeter defender who’s tasked with guarding the likes of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Edwards and Stephen …