Joey Graham, who spent four years with the Toronto Raptors after being the 16th overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft, has a one-year deal to attend training camp with the Denver Nuggets. Considering that the Nuggets have 17 players on their training camp roster, Graham’s spot on the team is far from guaranteed.
Last year with the Raptors, Graham averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game. All three of those stats were career-highs for the 27-year-old who played college basketball with his twin brother, Stephen Graham, at Oklahoma State.
The Nuggets would love if Graham could finally …read more

In an effort to open up more room under the salary cap, the Detroit Pistons traded Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe to the Denver Nuggets for a future second round pick. The Nuggets also received cash in the deal.
For the Pistons, this move made sense because they will now have about $3.5 million to go after a free agent such as Drew Gooden or Ben Gordon. Sharpe wasn’t in the long-term plans and Afflalo was a replaceable piece.
Afflalo was the gem of this trade for the Nuggets. After losing Dahntay Jones in free agency to the Indiana Pacers, the Nuggets …read more