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Nuggets notebook: Michael Malone, Julian Strawther on same page to start Summer League



Nuggets notebook: Michael Malone, Julian Strawther on same page to start Summer League

by EmBejarano

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  1. EmBejarano

    Article by Vinny Benedetto not paywalled.

    “Michael Malone and Julian Strawther are on the same page heading into Summer League.

    After Monday’s practice, Strawther expressed the desire to explore his ability as a playmaker in Las Vegas. His coach would like to see the same thing when the Nuggets kick off Summer League on Friday night.”

  2. holdenfords

    lots of pressure on him. rooting for him though, we need him to show up

  3. cyberslash11

    I saw Malone saying that he believes Julian can play point guard. It will be interesting to see if he gets on-ball reps during SL (he should imo).

  4. I saw him run pick and roll with Jokic last year in game and hit Jokic in stride for Jokic to shoot his floater. The Nuggets need a pg that can run 2 man action with Jokic when Murray is out. That means hitting Jokic for the floater and if that pass is not available, kicking it out to a 3 point shooter in the corner. If Strawther can run 2 man game with Jokic, he doesn’t need to be a full pg. I’m a big fan of this move. Strawther looked like the Nuggets 4th best passer last year to me (behind Jokic/Murray/Gordon).

  5. kiwisawa420

    Julian is in a similar situation as Jamal was coming out of the draft. Different skill set, but the concept is the same. Obvious 2 guard with playmaking and ball handling upside. Malone developed Jamal, I believe he can develop Julian too.

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