NBA trade deadline – The challenges driving the entangled Nuggets and Magic – ESPN Australia

Seven years ago on NBA draft night, the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic struck a seemingly minor deal swapping Evan Fournier to Orlando in exchange for Arron Afflalo. That same night, the Nuggets traded back in the draft and selected Gary Harris (and Jusuf Nurkic). Twenty-two picks later, they drafted a pudgy center from Serbia.
Both franchises, non-glamour teams to say the least, were still dealing with the fallout from the 2012 trade of Dwight Howard from Orlando to the Los Angeles Lakers. The…

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