Chris Dempsey's latest blog entry on All Things Nuggets has some pretty candid conversation with George Karl. The coach seems to be saying that J.R. Smith will again be coming off the bench ... for a bit.

It should be interesting to see how well Arron Afflalo does with J.R. out and if he can earn the starting role or if Karl would feel comfortable with Double-A on the bench if he can prove to be a consistent NBA scorer.