If the Nuggets have nine “real guys” good enough to play in any team’s rotation in the NBA, as general manager Calvin Booth claimed this preseason, then is the 10th guy a starter or a reserve? That’s the puzzle for Michael Malone to solve on a nightly basis. Regardless of who starts, the Nuggets enter the 2024-25 season on Thursday with five starters and four bench players likely to stick in their everyday rotation.