Matt L. Stephens

matthewstephens@coloradoan.com

Former CSU point guard Antwan Scott was taking a mid-afternoon nap at his family's home near Dallas on Wednesday when his phone started vibrating.

And vibrating. And vibrating.

Tired after working out in the morning and eating lunch with his father, he didn't want to be disturbed. But when you're a fringe NBA prospect and the calls and texts are from your agent, it might be worth answering your cellphone.

"My agent kept calling me and texting me but I was sleeping, so I didn't even know. I didn't even see the text when I woke up, but my agent was calling me again," Scott said. "He asked if I got his text and I told him no. He said, 'Uh, you made the Denver Nuggets' Summer League team.'

"I was like, 'No way, for real?'"

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Scott, 6-foot-2, 178 pounds, had a tryout with the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center on June 10 and was attempting to show the team he could be a more complete player than what his statistics suggested last season as a senior at Colorado State University. While the Rams were without shooting guard Gian Clavell for most of the season, Scott was relied on to do the bulk of the CSU's scoring and did just that, making a school-record 96 3-pointers and leading the team with 16.4 points per game.

A point guard by trade, Scott averaged only 2.1 assists per game in 2015-16, down from 3.7 per game as a junior at Grambling State. In addition, his steals dropped from 1.3 per game as a junior to an average of 0.6 as a senior. Scott knows he impressed the Nuggets in his tryout, and now he'll try to show the rest of the NBA what he's capable of in the Las Vegas Summer League, July 8-18.

"I showed that I can play the point. I was off the ball a lot this year at Colorado State, but I've played the one for most of my life, and I showed I can make plays all around," Scott said. "I don't know how much I'll get to play, but I just have to show that I'm a great teammate and a hard worker. I can be a point guard at this level and keep guys in front of me and be a defender.

"With how much I was off the ball this year, people at workouts would ask me if I'm a one or a two. I've always been a point guard."

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Scott reports to Denver on Saturday and begins practices with the Nuggets on Sunday. He'll be teammates with former rival and Mountain West Player of the Year, Josh Adams of Wyoming.

"If this goes pretty well, I think I'll put my name in for the D-League (rather than playing overseas). I'll talk it over with my family and see what they think is best, but my dream has always been to play in the NBA and the D-League presents an opportunity for that, so I will take that route if it presents itself."

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