The Nuggets have turned their direction to what George Karl believes will be a positive future.
"The truth of the matter is, we've regrouped and reshaped our team in a very positive way," Karl said. "I feel as confident with this team as the year when we went to the Western Conference finals from the standpoint of where our future is. Why that fell apart? I came out with cancer, we had a tough year and Melo (Carmelo Anthony) has to be traded, it goes goofy. But in general, since the Chauncey (Billups) trade, the Nuggets have been in a very good place and have done their jobs in a very positive way.”
Denver finished 38-28 during the regular season, losing to the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
"There's very few seasons that end as well as I think our season ended," Karl said. "But in the same sense, I think we've got to be a little cautious of being too optimistic. But the summer is fun for us. We've always loved the summer. ... And hey, we've got good young players. In the end we might have too many good young players, but that's going to be Masai (Ujiri, Nuggets executive VP of basketball operations) and his (team president Josh Kroenke's) problem. My problem is to make them as confident and ready to go next year."