The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers are kicking off the preseason on Friday night and the game is love on TV from NBATV from the Staples Center in LA starting at 10:30 pm ET. The Clips come in looking to get things started as they try to make a championship run with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, while the Nuggets are rebuilding after drafting Emmanuel Mudiay.
The Clippers have the Raptors and Hornets next on the preseason schedule and they will also play against the Warriors and Blazers. The team will go worldwide for the preseason, as they will play the Hornets in China for a couple games before heading back for a game at home. The Clippers are hoping to contend for a title this season and they are coming in after a deep run last year, but it came up short once again.
The team made a number of changes to the roster with the trade for Lance Stephenson and they also added a number of bench players. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin have their center back in DeAndre Jordan and the Clippers are trying to get a top seed in the western conference. The Nuggets come in as a young team with vets like Wilson Chandler and Kenneth Faried also in the mix. Emmanuel Mudiay is the future and this will be his first preseason game with the Nuggets.
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The team is keeping Jamal Crawford for now and they also retained DeAndre Jordan after that whole mess. The team added Lance Stephenson in a trade and also signed Josh Smith, Pablo Prigioni, Wesley Johnson and Paul Pierce to deals. Doc Rivers made his team deeper and adds a lot of help for Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
