Former Denver Nuggets Guard Joins European Team

The Denver Nuggets have been making quite a lot of strikes this offseason to attempt to higher their outlook and championship odds for the 2022-23 season.

They not solely introduced in Bruce Brown and DeAndre Jordan in free company, however Denver additionally traded Monte Morris and Will Barton to the Washington Wizards for Ish Smith and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.

Already having 15 gamers underneath contract for subsequent season, Denver didn’t have room to deliver again anybody else from final yr’s roster, which is why Markus Howard has determined to go abroad and play for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, first reported by Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.

Howard, 23, performed the 2021-22 season with the Nuggets on a two-way contract and performed in a complete of 31 video games. Struggling an ungainly wanting left knee sprain in December, Howard ended up lacking a couple of month’s price of motion.

In his time on the ground with the Nuggets this previous season, Markus Howard averaged 4.1 factors per recreation on 38.6% capturing from the ground, 40.0% capturing from three-point vary.

The younger guard additionally spent a while within the G League with the Grand Rapids Gold, averaging 16.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds and capturing 36.8% from three-point vary.

Going undrafted in 2020, Howard was a consensus First Group All-American and he was additionally the 2019 Huge East Participant of the 12 months whereas he was at Marquette. He was additionally the NCAA’s season scoring chief in 2020.

Markus Howard figures to be a key scoring weapon in EuroLeague transferring ahead.