Nuggets coach George Karl, who was once against the trend of cutting back morning shootarounds, is now tinkering with the possibility.

Denver's practice on Sunday served as their shootaround for Monday night's game against Oklahoma City.

Sleep studies around the NBA have shown that both players are coaches aren't getting enough sleep, which can lead to a lack of focus.

"I think we're listening to some needs of players and philosophies of some other teams, trying to get more focus and seriousness into the moments that we're together," Karl said. "Shootarounds seem to be very tedious and non enthusiastic situations.

"There's a lot of different philosophies out there. Some teams have totally gone away from shootarounds, some very good teams. We have a lot of every-other-day games. I think we have an opportunity over the next four or five games to experiment a little bit."

Karl stressed he won't completely eliminate shootarounds this season.