When Ganon Baker received the good news, he planted a bearhug on Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik.

"He said, 'Take it easy,' " Baker said. "He was afraid I was going to knock him down."

Baker, 30, who played at Duquesne and North Carolina-Wilmington, had a right to be happy. The point guard was one of four hopefuls who survived the Nuggets' open tryout camp Saturday to earn an invitation to their summer camp July 7-12.

More than 200 prospects braved 90-degree heat in the parking lot of the Pepsi Center. Also making it were former Denver East High School and University of Colorado-

Colorado Springs center Kevin Fletcher, 23, former Winthrop point guard Pierre Wooten, 22, and former Eastern Illinois point guard Raymond Taylor, 22.