The Nuggets remained quiet as other teams in the West made splashy moves (see: Golden State and Los Angeles Lakers ). “I think the best way to describe it is we either had to go big or do nothing,” Booth explained Thursday night before the Nuggets hosted the Orlando Magic.

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