The two words that may have changed the Denver Nuggets’ season were spoken in the summer, during a phone call between head coach David Adelman and free agent Tim Hardaway Jr. In search of a catch-and-shoot weapon, some scoring off the bench and a heady veteran as a target for plays after timeouts, Adelman told Hardaway what every shooter dreams of hearing: Green light. “I just said I was gonna let him be exactly what he is,” Adelman said. “The green light is the green light: If he feels like there’s an inch of him being open, he should shoot the ball.”New York TimesThis article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “I just said I was gonna let him be exactly what he …