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What could have been...

Well, since I'm bored and waiting for NBA Free Agency to start... I decided to look back at the past personnel decisions since 2000 and see what could have happened if everything went right by drafting the right players. I'm not one of those people that weeps on the past, but I just thought I'd throw this out!

2000: Instead of picking Mamadou N'Diaye with the #27 pick, we draft Michael Redd.

2001: We didn't pick until the second round, and with pick #47, we selected Ousmane Cisse. Looking at the players selected after Cisse, I don't think there was anyone that would've helped more.

2002: With the #5 pick in the draft, Instead of drafting Nikoloz Tskitishvili, the Nuggets select Amare Stoudemire. With the #7 pick in the draft, the Nuggets select Nene. With the #33 pick in the draft, instead of picking Vincent Yarbrough, the Nuggets select Carlos Boozer.

2003: Obviously we had a rough year so we had a high draft pick. Fortunately, Detroit screwed up and we took advantage of the situation by selecting Carmelo Anthony at pick #3. Instead of taking Sani Becirovic with pick #46, we take Kyle Korver.

2004: We made a great pick with Jameer Nelson at #20, but we traded him! Big mistake. I'm going to say we kept him.

2005: Instead of taking Julius Hodge with pick #20, we take Nate Robinson. Instead of taking Jarrett Jack with pick #22, we take David Lee. Instead of taking Axel Hervelle with pick #52, we take Marcin Gortat.

2006: The Nuggets traded 3 first round picks to the Nets for Kenyon Martin.

2007: No pick

2008: No pick

2009: We traded for Ty Lawson.

2010: No pick

Lineup:

PG: Jameer Nelson, Ty Lawson

SG: Michael Redd, Kyle Korver, Nate Robinson

SF: Carmelo Anthony

PF: Amare' Stoudemire, David Lee, Carlos Boozer, Kenyon Martin

C: Nene, Marcin Gortat.

To me, this would equal a championship without a doubt, and we'd still be pretty young. I'm sure we could trade a PF for a backup SF or a C. Just thought it'd be kinda fun to look at.

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