The Portland Trail Blazers face the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs in a few days. The Nuggets are an interesting team who have recently become contenders in the Western Conference. Here is one fact to know about each player on the Nuggets squad, before the series with the Blazers.
Shaquille Harrison – two-way player and wing.
Shaquille Harrison is a two-way player who has played for four NBA teams in his time in the league. Interestingly his height is listed as six-foot-seven on Basketball Reference, but just six-foot-four on Cleaning the Glass and Wikipedia.
The confusion around his height has gone viral on NBA Twitter many times.
Markus Howard – two-way player and wing.
Markus Howard is a 22-year-old rookie out of Marquette. Though he stands at just five-foot-ten, he was an All-American in both 2018/19 and 2019/20, and is the all-time leading scorer in Big East history.
PJ Dozier – combo-guard
PJ Dozier is a 24-year-old combo-guard who stands six-foot-six and is a defensive specialist.
Dozier has a six-foot-eleven wingspan and ranks in the top 11 percent in the NBA for blocks by guards this season.
Zeke Nnaji – power-forward
Zeke Nnaji is a 20-year-old rookie who plays the power forward position. Nnaji was one-and-done out of Arizona, where he had a dominant year, winning PAC-12 Rookie of the year and making the All-PAC12 first team.
Vlatko Cancar – power-forward
Vlatko Cancar is a six-foot-eight power forward out of Slovenia who was actually drafted in 2017, and then stashed until the 2019/20 season when the Nuggets signed him to a three-year deal.
Facundo Campazzo – point guard
Facundo Campazzo is a five-foot-ten point guard out of Argentina and was a rookie at 29-years of age, averaging six points and three assists in his first season.