Every shot made by Indiana guard Andrew Nembhard in the NBA Finals goes straight through the heart of the Denver Nuggets.

And it serves as a painful reminder how one misplaced piece in a complex championship puzzle cost coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth their jobs in Denver.

With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, we can see how a handful of fateful hours on a summer day three years ago now makes it difficult to see how center Nikola Jokic will win a ring with the Nuggets ever again.

OK, I can't tell you with absolute certainty that if Nembhard was on Denver’s roster instead of playing against Oklahoma City in the Finals there would’ve been a beautiful bromance between Booth and Malone instead of the awkward divorce from the Nuggets they both suffered in April.

But wha

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