Mar 10, 2012; Las Vegas, NV, USA; New Mexico Lobos guard Tony Snell (21) attempts a three point shot against the San Diego State Aztecs in the first half of the finals of the 2012 Mountain West Tournament at the Thomas

Sports Illustrated released its 2013 mock draft Wednesday morning, after Tuesday night’s draft lottery.

With the No. 27 pick in the draft, Chris Mannix of SI, has the Denver Nuggets selecting Tony Snell, an athletic wing man out of New Mexico. Mannix calls Snell a “safety net” with the future of Andre Iguodala still up in the air.

“Snell is a rangy 2-guard with decent offensive skills,” Mannix writes. “And the physical tools to be a solid defender.”

The Nuggets will surely be looking to bolster it’s outside shooting this off-season in wake of its disappointing first round exit against the Golden State Warriors. In that series, Denver struggled to shoot the ball from range against the Warriors’ 2-3 zone. The Nuggets’ best perimeter shooter, Danilo Gallinari, tore his ACL a couple weeks before the playoffs and long-range shooting became a huge weakness in Denver’s offense.

Snell, a 6-foot-7 junior out of New Mexico, shot 39 percent from 3-point range in his final season with the Lobos. He’s displayed a smooth shooting stroke at the draft combine and could be available when the Nuggets select at No. 27.

Mannix also writes that Providence’s Ricky Ledo could also be an option at No. 27. Ledo, who never played a game for the Friars after he was deemed academically ineligible before the season, is a 6-foot-6 guard who’s comfortable scoring from anywhere on the court and would provide good ball handling to go along with it.

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May 2, 2013; Oakland, CA, USA; Denver Nuggets president

According to Adrian Wojnarowskiof Yahoo! Sports, Denver Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri, the league’s Executive of the Year, is the top target of the Toronto Raptors. Bryan Colangelo hired Ujiri as the Raptors’ Director of Global Scouting and Ujiri eventually worked his way to the assistant general manager position in 2008 before being hired by the Nuggets in 2010.

Ujiri, who just recently was named the league’s Executive of the Year, is the first African-born GM in North American sports. He  was charged immediately with handling the Carmelo Anthony saga. Ujiri was praised for the move, as he received a lot of young valuable assets from the New York Knicks in a trade. Also on his resume is the deals he made for Andre Iguodala and JaVale McGee.

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