The Denver Nuggets surprised a lot of people by going with two second round draft picks in Trayvon Brazil and Bryce Hopkins.

We're going to talk about why and we're going to talk about what's next here on Locked on Nuggets.

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We're going to break down the lamella ball trade that happened this morning, which was crazy.

We're going to talk about what's next for the Denver Nuggets after a relatively uneventful draft.

But first, we're going to discuss Tr Trevon Brazil and Bryce Hopkins being selected

by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the draft last night. I was at Ball Arena.

I was able to ask some questions to John Wallace and Ben Tenzer, including about that weird video that happened on Tuesday night. We'll break that

down in just a bit. The draft picks will be introduced to the Denver Nuggets and to media on

Monday. So keep in mind that that will be happening and we'll get a little bit more information about

those guys in the coming days. But initial reactions and initial thoughts are here.

It's going to be interesting to see where Denver kind of goes from here at this point.

But Trevon Brazil is their first pick at 35th overall.

They traded down from the 26th pick.

Yeah, they traded down from the 26th pick, basically.

And it was a surprising move to some, but not to others.

I thought that they'd be offloading a little bit of salary in the midst of that deal,

but ultimately they hold on to a couple of second round picks.

One of those is going to be a Minnesota Timberlil second round pick in 2028,

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