Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay could play vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Jan. 6th

The Denver Nuggets will face the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow night on the road, and the team could be about as whole as they’ve been all season — minus Wilson Chandler — as rookie Emmanuel Mudiay will hopefully be in uniform. Mudiay has missed the team’s previous 12 games with an ankle sprain.

Oh, Mudiay says he’s gonna play tomorrow.

— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) January 5, 2016

#Nuggets G Emmanuel Mudiay (ankle) participated in practice today and is hoping to be available for tomorrow’s game at Minnesota.

— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) January 5, 2016

Expect Mudiay to be used off the bench if he does play, in effort to re-acclimate him to playing. #nuggets

— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) January 5, 2016

As Dempsey points out above, Mudiay will likely come off the bench in his return – as Jusuf Nurkic has been doing since returning from offseason knee surgery. It will be good to get this entire team in action so head coach Michael Malone can finally start seeing what he has as a whole. Mudiay has struggled, and coming off the bench could be a boon for him as he’ll face some second team point guards.

This season Mudiay has averaged 10.7 points on just 31.1 percent shooting, to go along with 5.7 assists and 3.5 rebounds. He has not played since Dec. 11th against this same Wolves team, where he injured his ankle.