Ty Lawson is a speedy player whose best ability at the moment is to get to the rim and score the basketball, and the Nuggets want to take full advantage of that.

Lawson is more-than-willing to oblige. It will take a fairly major shift in his mindset, though. He shares the basketball. Always has, and plans on continuing to do so even if he’s also looking for his own shot more.

“It’s just my personality,” Lawson said. “In college, I had three years I was more of a facilitator. I had Wayne Ellington, Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green; I had a lot of players that could score. So I was the player to keep everybody happy. So, like, last year I was coming off the bench, so I played that same role. And then this year my role changed.

“I’ve got to be more of a scorer, more of an initiator. I can’t come out games getting the ball to everybody else get them to shoot first. It’s got to be me