 And before he ever played a regular season game for the Denver Nuggets, the team has lost its first-round draft pick for all of next season. Big man Deron Holmes has suffered a torn Achilles. Holmes suffered the injury Friday night, and the Nuggets lost to the L.A. Clippers in their Summer League opener. The Nuggets traded up six spots to get Holmes in the draft. Jerry Schimel, always Mountain Time Sports.