CBS Sports’ Sam Quinn<\/a> predicts the Nuggets could make a trade with the Houston Rockets to move to No. 10 in the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n![\"Apr](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0fa4aa8a511259f7f739a5f512a61a58.jpeg\"\/)
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Apr 9, 2025; Sacramento, California, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook (4) directs his team against the Sacramento Kings during the first quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
“There is no way the Rockets want to try to fit a lottery pick onto next year’s roster,” Quinn wrote. “They just took Reed Sheppard No. 3 overall and didn’t even use him. A No. 10 pick is very valuable to an older, thin roster.”<\/p>\n
The Nuggets’ lack of depth has been a concern all season, but they’re really starting to feel it now.<\/p>\n
Denver can swing a trade similar to last year’s between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves, in which San Antonio sent the No. 8 pick to Minnesota for a lightly protected first-round swap six years down the road and an unprotected swap in seven.<\/p>\n
A young player who can come in and contribute right away could prove to be exactly what the Nuggets need next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets are doing everything they can to keep up with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,194,135,152,6,253,302,475,179,1146,472,1081,254,477,969,474,1415],"class_list":{"0":"post-31203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-denvernuggets","12":"tag-houston-rockets","13":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nikola-jokic","17":"tag-nuggets","18":"tag-oklahoma-city","19":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","20":"tag-peyton-watson","21":"tag-phoenix-suns","22":"tag-reed-sheppard","23":"tag-russell-westbrook","24":"tag-sacramento-kings","25":"tag-san-antonio","26":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","27":"tag-the-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114503504782690279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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