Nuggets guard Voshon Lenard wants a key role again and believes it is probably best to go elsewhere to get his wish.

Lenard said Saturday that he has asked the Nuggets to trade him. The 6-foot-4, 215-pounder started the first six games this season. But he has played sparingly since, and not at all in seven games, including Saturday's contest against Miami.

"It would probably be better to try a different situation," Lenard said. "I don't want to be anywhere where I'm not wanted. I'm somebody that wants to play."  
     
Lenard, 32, was the 2004 3-point shooting champion and entered this season averaging 12.2 points and shooting 38.6 percent from 3-point range for his career. The 11-year veteran is averaging 8.5 points and shooting 28.6 percent from 3-point range.

Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe is trying to accommodate Lenard, but said he doesn't have any strong trade talks going.

"I hope it gets resolved from both sides," Vandeweghe said. "The best would be that Voshon Lenard helps the Nuggets. That isn't always the way things work out in this league. He's a very good player and sometimes a situation doesn't work right."

Said Lenard: "They're going to do what's best for the organization. Right now, I'm going to continue to work hard, try to keep professionalism as much as I can. But it's hard when you know you can play and you don't play."