This year’s NBA trade deadline was jam-packed with jaw-dropping moves. The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers set the NBA world ablaze with a blockbuster Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis exchange. And yet,

Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth had big plans at the trade deadline in the form of acquiring another frontcourt player.

Before their season tipped off last September, Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth candidly estimated that “we have nine real guys” on the roster. After the NBA trade deadline came and went quietly in Denver,

The Nuggets have an extremely limited collection of tradable draft picks left and are operating over the first tax apron, further complicating their efforts to upgrade the roster.

Nuggets general manager admitted he was looking for more frontcourt depth, but Denver was one of four teams that did not make a deal prior to Thursday's trade deadline