Top Five Most Valuable Denver Nuggets September Edition
Gary Harris is not playing for his stat line. He is playing for the love of the game.
Gary Harris could easily be the forgotten as a most valuable Nugget and that is probably ok with him. There is a term in basketball that talks about players being “glue guys”. A glue guy is a player that doesn’t go out to fill up a stat sheet but rather goes out and does all the little things right and in doing so he ends up with a nice stat line night in and night out. A glue guy doing all of these little things right then elevates his teammates. This is Gary Harris.
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I have mentioned it before but second year NBA guys don’t typically go play NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas unless they are battling just to make a roster. Gary Harris is a Nugget’s starter but had fun playing with the rookies in Vegas. He just loves the game!
The jump he made in his second season was phenomenal and even more upward movement in his game can be expected. His stat line showed that he was tenth in steals in the NBA last season and played in 32 minutes a game in 76 games. He also showed an ability to knock down shots from behind the three-point line on a team struggling to hit these shots. Improvement from Harris from beyond the arc will make this “glue guy” a household name.
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