Nuggets Work Out More Potential First-Rounders
DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Nuggets hosted a few guys this week who might hear their name called during the first round the of NBA draft.
Kentucky guard Tyler Ulis, ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, and Notre Dame point guard Demetrius Jackson were all at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday. The Fighting Irish product would give Denver a young, explosive backup to Emmanuel Mudiay, which sounds just fine to Jackson.
Ulis is only 5-foot-10 so some teams are concerned about his size.
"I know it's great for me because if the size is the only thing they're talking about -- that's the only thing I can't do anything about -- so I just understand that I have to get stronger, that's all I can do, I can't make myself grow tomorrow," Ulis said. "I know what I have, I know what I am. They see that I'm 5-foot-10 and I'll just stick with it and work on my game."
The NBA draft is on June 23. The Nuggets have the seventh, 15th and 19th picks in the first round.