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          Trade targets: Can Nuggets flip Gallo for Griffin, Love or Horford?

          If a team is looking to trade a star player at the deadline, the Nuggets could build a strong package around Danilo Gallinari. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
          • Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2016, 09:00 AM ET
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            • Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series
            • Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers
            • Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system
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          Trade targets: All 30 teams

          Denver Nuggets

          Record: 22-32
          11th in West

          Status: Buyers/sellers

          Logically speaking, the Nuggets should be sellers at the deadline. They're five games back of the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference at the All-Star break, and ESPN's Basketball Power Index simulations project Denver reaching the postseason just 3.8 percent of the time.

          Nonetheless, ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz and Marc Stein reported last week that the Nuggets are among the teams "most aggressive in looking to acquire a veteran difference-maker." Denver has an intriguing mix of established veterans, young talent and draft picks that could make the Nuggets a match for teams with various goals in trades.

          Potential trade targets