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This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Apr 7, 2013; Atlanta, GA, USA; Metro State Roadrunners guard Brandon Jefferson drives against Drury Panthers forward Cameron Adams in the first half of the 2013 NCAA division II national championship game at Philips Arena.

LeBron James' decision about which team he'll play for next has seemingly become more important than all other concerns in the NBA.

If the Denver Nuggets are going to make a splash, or for that matter any noise in the free agency pool, the position they need to look for is a third point guard.

Veteran free agent Mike Miller will be visiting the Denver Nuggets on Sunday and Monday, according to ESPN Radio 92.9FM in Memphis.

Mar 20, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Saint Joseph's Hawks forward Halil Kanacevic passes over Connecticut Huskies forward DeAndre Daniels in the second half of a men's college basketball game during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at First Niagara Center.

The Denver Nuggets have most of their roster spots locked up, but there's still some room to land a few free agents According to Basketball Insiders , the Nuggets have 11 guaranteed contracts for next season at just under $69 million.

Whenever you can retain a premium unrestricted free agent, especially as a non-traditional destination for star players, you'll take it.

As we go through the "silly season" of NBA free agency, two teams that aren't in the free agency discussion are the Nuggets and the Spurs , both for different reasons.

From left are Denver Nuggets NBA basketball player Evan Fournier in a 2012 file photo and Orlando Magic player Arron Afflalo, in a 2013 file photo.

The Denver Nuggets president explained Monday how he has closely "Afflalowed" the shooting guard's two seasons in Orlando, before reacquiring him in a draft-day deal last week.

A month after those twin debacles, Andre Iguodala left Denver, agreeing to a four-year, $48 million deal with the Golden State Warriors - the team that ended the Nuggets' tremendous campaign with a first-round playoff upset.

The Nuggets introduced their first-round draft picks at a news conference Friday at the Pepsi Center.

Denver Nuggets Point Guard Ty Lawson revisited his Carolina roots Tuesday to announce his new T3L clothing line and an investment in Thrill City, an apparel company targeting avid Carolina basketball fans and people around the nation who like streetwear.

Jusuf Nurkic of Bosnia-Herzegovina shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being drafted with the #16 overall pick by the Chicago Bulls during the 2014 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 26, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

No one thought Michigan State's Gary Harris would still be available more than halfway through the first round of the 2014 NBA draft.

The Orlando Magic have traded Arron Afflalo back to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Evan Fournier and the 56th pick of the 2014 draft, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.

There is a player in this NBA draft that a number of teams will pass on and will eventually regret it in the future.

A night before they could be the first two selections in what appears to be a deep NBA draft, Wiggins, Parker and the rest of the class of 2014 were sharing the spotlight with James, whose decision to opt out of his contract and become a free agent Tuesday still had the league shaking a day later.

"We have so many possibilities," Nuggets starting point guard Ty Lawson said. "We can trade it, we can pick a young player, we can move up in the draft.