DENVER NUGGETS: The Nuggets fired George Karl after winning 57 games in 2012-13 and then plummeted to 36 wins. Perhaps the one thing that kept some watching once it was apparent that the Nuggets were a mess was Kenneth Faried. Faried turned his best season into a $50 million contract from the Nuggets after a summer of making big plays for Team USA’s run to the Gold Medal in the FIBA championships. That might not be enough to get the Nuggets back to the playoffs but watching Faried ply his trade should keep it interesting.
