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The Nuggets try out Kansas big five center. He has very comprehensive personal abilities on the offensive end?

3:06pm, 27 June 2025【Basketball】

According to ESPN reporter Ohm Younmisuk, the Denver Nuggets have recently tried out for four players who are about to appear in this year's NBA Draft. The four players are Caleb Love, a big five backcourt player from the University of Arizona, Hunter Dickinson, a big five center from the University of Kansas, Darius Hannah, a big five from Bradley, and Oumar Ballo, a big six inside player from Indiana University.

Dickinson was born in November 2000. He is 24 years old, 218cm tall and weighs 120kg. He is an all-round inside player with comprehensive abilities and can play a role in both offense and defense. In the NCAA field this season, Dickinson made a total of 34 appearances, averaging 30.2 minutes per game, with averaging 17.4 points, 10 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1 steal and 1.3 blocks, including 2.8 frontcourt rebounds, 2.2 turnovers and 2.2 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 52.6%, a three-point shooting percentage of 27.6%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 74.8%. With his outstanding performance, Dickinson was shortlisted for the third team of the All-American Best Team selected by some media. He was also shortlisted for the first team of the Big 12 League for two consecutive years, which is also the greatest recognition of his outstanding performance.

From the perspective of characteristics, Dickinson has comprehensive scoring ability on the offensive end. He can create threats in the opponent's interior. He also has relatively stable outside shooting ability, and his performance in passing and supporting is also worthy of recognition. Dickinson also performed well in the front and back court rebounds, and he was able to undertake certain basket protection tasks on the defensive end. However, Dickinson is tall, with average movement speed and athletic ability. When he encounters faster and more flexible opponents after entering the NBA, he may also encounter greater trouble on the defensive end. The most important thing is that his age is obviously older, and his data and performance in the NCAA arena in the past few seasons have not improved substantially, which will also make everyone feel a little worried about his future development.

Judging from the current situation, Dickinson should be highly likely to lose in the next NBA draft. From the Nuggets' perspective, after all, they need to improve the overall competitiveness of the team's bench, and they are also very short of people in the inside position, and Dickinson is an all-round player with comprehensive abilities, that is, high combat power. In this case, if Dickinson can show sufficient competitiveness in the trial training, he might really have a chance to get the attention of the Nuggets uniform team, and he even has the opportunity to launch an attack on the quota of two-way contracts.