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Nuggets In The Market For A Veteran Shooting GuardThe Denver Nuggets will be looking for a veteran shooting guard this summer to complete their roster for the 2005-06 NBA season. One obvious candidate for the job is the Mavericks’ Michael Finley. "I still think two-guard is a situation we need to address, which we obviously will attempt to do our best at," general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said Wednesday. "There are some positions that should be filled by veteran players." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Denver Wants McCants, May Use Both Picks To Move UpRashad McCants has been increasing his value and the Nuggets are a team trying to land the shooting guard. "It doesn't matter where I play as long as I can be part of the NBA, but it would be a great opportunity to play with my friend Carmelo Anthony," the North Carolina shooting guard said of his chances of landing with Denver in Tuesday's NBA draft. Whether they like him enough to try to hoist themselves above the 20th and 22nd picks in the draft to land him - or whether they need to - remains to be seen. "He's a talented guy," assistant general manager David Fredman said. "He's a guy that we're discussing. I can't really talk any more than that." Buzz around the league Monday had general manager Kiki Vandeweghe talking with teams picking in the low teens about a possible swap. McCants said Monday he has seen special interest from the Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota. Indiana also is interested in acquiring a shooting guard to lessen the loss of Reggie Miller. The Pacers, now slated to pick 17th, are reportedly trying to move up. But Fredman said Denver is unlikely to pull off a trade before the draft begins and that the team has not necessarily set its heart on climbing up. "I'm sure we've talked to every team in the league about various scenarios, but we're not close to anything," he said, adding, "We've always been active since we've been around here this time of year and around trade deadlines. It's just exploring all of our options." Charlotte general manager Bernie Bickerstaff, whose team owns the 13th pick, suggested Monday that nothing was doing on his end. "We have had plenty of inquiries on 13 - it's a pretty valuable pick - teams wanting to move up to that area," he said. "And we just haven't found anything that we can get romantically involved with." If the Nuggets do stand pat, Fredman said he believes the team still can land a contributor, pointing to Josh Howard, the Dallas forward who went 29th in the 2003 draft. "There is a great guy there," Fredman said. "It's up to us to identify him. But realistically, I'm talking personally and I've told Coach (George) Karl, I'm not sure there's any more than 10 of these guys I could personally recommend in this draft and say, 'This guy will be in your rotation, or any playoff team's rotation.' But that doesn't mean there are not good prospects or not guys there who will later prove to be good NBA players." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Nuggets Assistant Might Jump To TimberwolvesNuggets assistant coach Rex Kalamian could be making a jump to Dwane Casey's staff in Minnesota. "That could happen," Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said Sunday, indicating Kalamian could become a Timberwolves assistant by next week. "I think they're very interested in him. Obviously, we would love to keep him." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Nuggets Jun 2005 Archive
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