Malcolm Brogdon is a chameleon, the kind of player whose game can fit into any kind of situation. It’s a virtue that’s extremely valuable, especially in an NBA that covets multiple-skill players.

Yet, he’s probably underappreciated.

Brogdon is one of the more intriguing players in the draft, and he was among a group of players in Denver on Wednesday morning for a pre-draft workout with the Nuggets. He comes with solid credentials — he was the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Defensive Player of the Year and was recently named to the USA Select Team.

Brogdon averaged 18.2 points per game this past season and shot 45 percent from the field and 39 percent from the 3-point line. So why does the ACC Player of the Year have to fight to even be considered a first-round draft pick?

First off, his age (23 years old) is working against him. He’s got good length, but he’s not an overpowering athlete. So, defensively he’s not jumping passing lanes to pick off steals and he’s not skying high to block shots. He doesn’t rebound to a high level, either. Those three things are initially working against Brogdon.

But it doesn’t have to be a death knell. He performed well at the NBA Draft Combine last month. Last year, Dallas got a steal with a Virginia 3-and-D guy, Justin Anderson. He flourished as a rookie. Brogdon is a better offensive player than Anderson, but not as good at the defensive end. Still, he will be a solid all-around player for the team willing to pull the trigger and take him in the June 23 NBA draft.

Offense. There isn’t anything Brogdon can’t do offensively. He averaged a stellar 1.066 points per possession in half-court situations against man defenses, which he faced in 88 percent of all of Virginia’s half-court possessions according to Synergy Sports. Virginia was not a transition team, so while he did shoot 56.7 percent and averaged 1.13 points per possession on the break, the Cavaliers were only in transition in 7.3 percent of all of their possessions.

He was no worse than in the 75th percentile in effectiveness in off-screen plays, spot up situations, isolation circumstances and as the ball handler in pick-and-roll plays. He was no worse than in the 88th percentile, according to Synergy, in each of the last two. He’s not a post-up guard, so his percentages, points per possession and usage in that type of play were low.

His jump shot is similar to Andre Miller’s, which is a good visual for Nuggets fans. But he is reliable so conducting an extreme makeover on his form isn’t necessary.

Brogdon is a patient player on offense. He’s a low turnover player that will give up the ball knowing it will get back to him with good off-ball movement, and rest assured, Brogdon is as good as there is at moving without the ball. He uses screens well. He relocates with precision, and can free himself up with step backs when he has the ball. Brogdon can catch-and-shoot or launch off the dribble.

He does not possess “blow-by” ability on drives to the basket, but he is crafty with the ball, is good at getting himself to the rim and is strong going up when he gets there. Brogdon can finish with the left or right hand at the rim, but his ability to finish over taller players is hit-and-miss.

Brogdon handles the ball well and in fact was used in a point-guard-type role a lot to get Virginia into its offensive sets. That’s a plus. He’s a high IQ player, which is also a plus.

Defense. Brogdon is a bulldog. He sticks close, contests every shot and uses his strength to fight off drives. How good is he? In Virginia’s only regular season matchup against Duke – at Cameron Indoor Stadium — Brandon Ingram, a top-two pick in this draft, led all scorers with 25 points on 10-of-22 shooting in a Blue Devils one-point victory. He scored zero points on 0-of-4 shooting when Brogdon was guarding him. And Brogdon was giving up four inches in height.

Brogdon doesn’t gamble on defense, which fits perfectly with Nuggets coach Michael Malone’s style of defense — every player on a string, protecting the lane first, getting out to shooters and not gambling to put the rest of the team in a bad rotation situation. And he comes from a defense-first system at Virginia, which should put a smile on any coach’s face who values that end of the court above all else.

Projection: Brogdon is the kind of player who would be great off of a team’s bench as a primary scorer and elite defender. But he will operate without a dynamic offensive game. That needn’t be a hindrance on his effectiveness because he can do a little bit of everything on that end of the court, including initiate the offensive possession. At full potential, Brogdon will be a high-level role player who can impact both ends of the court.