{"id":370,"date":"2016-09-05T10:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2016-09-05T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:41:57","slug":"nuggets-to-sign-jarnell-stokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/09\/05\/nuggets-to-sign-jarnell-stokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Denver Nuggets to Sign Jarnell Stokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2016\/08\/31\/denver-nuggets-trade-joffrey-lauvergne-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trading<\/a>\u00a0big man\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lauvejo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joffrey Lauvergne<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to the <strong>Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong>\u00a0earlier\u00a0this week, the <strong>Denver Nuggets<\/strong> are expected to sign\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stokeja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarnell Stokes<\/a><\/strong>, last year&#8217;s<strong> NBA Development League MVP<\/strong>,\u00a0to a non-guaranteed contract that will place\u00a0him on their roster for training camp. <strong>Chris Dempsey<\/strong> of <em>The Denver Post<\/em> broke the news via <strong>Twitter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nuggets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Nuggets<\/a> are expected to add 2015-16 D-League MVP Jarnell Stokes to the training camp roster.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Dempsey (@chrisadempsey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisadempsey\/status\/772571710700687360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stokes, an\u00a0unproven\u00a0but\u00a0talented forward\/center, is a much needed big body in what has become a short rotation for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Report: Denver Nuggets to Sign Jarnell Stokes<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NBA Experience<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Following a solid collegiate career at the\u00a0<strong>University of<\/strong> <strong>Tennessee<\/strong>, Stokes has failed to gain traction in the\u00a0<strong>NBA.<\/strong>\u00a0He struggled to get on the floor during stints with the\u00a0<strong>Memphis Grizzlies<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Miami Heat\u00ad<\/strong>\u00a0through two professional seasons. Playing in only 26 NBA games, Stokes averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. To be fair, his lack of playing time is indicative of the rotational depth in Memphis and Miami, not necessarily his\u00a0abilities.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>D-League Success<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After being traded to the\u00a0<strong>New Orleans Pelicans<\/strong>, who subsequently released him, Stokes signed to play with the\u00a0<strong>Sioux Falls Skyforce<\/strong> of the NBA D-League. Stokes thrived for the Skyforce, averaging 30.7 minutes per game in 28 games. Shooting 66.5% from the field, Stokes put up 20.6 points while grabbing 9.3 rebounds per game. After leading the Skyforce to a 20-4 regular season win-loss record, Stokes was named 2015-16 NBA D-League MVP.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2016-17 Outlook<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Expect the Nuggets to give Stokes plenty of burn at power forward and\u00a0center to see if they can fit him into their rotation. His skill-set certainly fits\u00a0a need for the Nuggets, with Lauvergne out of the picture. Stokes has more than a fighting chance at cracking the 15-man roster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Do you love the Denver Nuggets, and love to write? If so, I am looking for you! LWOPB is searching for talented writers passionate about keeping the conversation going. If you think you\u2019ve got what it takes, check out our <strong>Write For Us<\/strong> section and contact me at: <strong><a href=\"mailto:LWOSChadKooiman@gmail.com\"><u>LWOSChadKooiman@gmail.com<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/157159807\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/157159807?et=rW-0zpzWQCxpuJcPpZVUsg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=5HOjHN0T-5SoL9xmT1-qphVZFCDKdNtTHO-JcbWxsLc=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After trading\u00a0big man\u00a0Joffrey Lauvergne\u00a0to the Oklahoma City Thunder\u00a0earlier\u00a0this week, the Denver Nuggets are expected to sign\u00a0Jarnell Stokes, last year&#8217;s NBA Development League MVP,\u00a0to a non-guaranteed contract that will place\u00a0him on their roster for training camp. Chris Dempsey of The Denver Post broke the news via Twitter: #Nuggets are expected to add 2015-16 D-League MVP Jarnell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1635,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,62,3],"tags":[65,108,193,134,96,201,202,195],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nuggets","category-nba","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-jarnell-stokes","tag-joffrey-lauvergne","tag-nba","tag-nba-development-league","tag-nba-news","tag-sioux-falls-skyforce"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}