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The Denver Nuggets might not be ready for a full-on fire sale just yet, but this is the perfect time for them to put their selling skills to the test.

With a championship field looking as wide open as it's been in some time, buyers are proving willing to part with future assets for immediate assistance. The Nuggets know that as well as anyone, having just poached two future first-round picks from the Cleveland Cavaliers for solid-but-not-spectacular center Timofey Mozgov, as Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported.

While the Nuggets have cautioned this isn't necessarily the sign of more moves to come, a realistic assessment of their current position might send them in that direction sooner rather than later.

"I'm the most optimistic guy in the world," Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly said, per Christopher Dempsey of The Denver Post. "But at some point the numbers are the numbers. When we reach a point where we don't think it's realistic this year we're going to have to make some tough decisions."

Light on prospects and overloaded with the type of win-now contributors coveted by contenders, the Nuggets should find a lot of these decisions aren't as tough as they seem.

Ty Lawson looks untouchable, while JaVale McGee and Danilo Gallinari might be unmovable due to the combination of injury issues and the money still owed to them. Rookies Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris should have at least a short-term future in Denver, and Kenneth Faried could be around for the long haul.

But that still leaves a number of interesting trade chips up for grabs. The following deals would help the Nuggets maximize the value of those chips and restock their shelves for the future.