The Denver Nuggets have acquired 26-year old shooting guard Rudy Fernandez and 25-year old SG/SF Corey Brewer from the Dallas Mavericks for a future second round pick. Fernandez played in 78 games (3 starts) for the Trailblazers last year and he averaged 23.3 minutes, 8.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He has now played in 218 games (9 starts) in his first three years in the NBA and he is averaging 24.1 minutes, 9.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Fernandez could be the starting shooting guard for the Nuggets if they don’t re-sign Arron Afflalo. If they do bring Afflalo back, Fernandez will back him up. Corey Brewer will likely get more time at small forward than he will at shooting guard in 2011-12 for the Nuggets. He played in 69 games (24 starts) for the Timberwolves & Mavericks last year and he averaged 21.9 minutes, 8.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Brewer has now played in 245 games (149 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 24.9 minutes, 8.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. This was a good deal for the Nuggets as the Mavericks were essentially giving these guys away to create some salary cap space.