DENVER – The Denver Nuggets are normally spectators on draft night. This year they made plenty of noise.

The Nuggets beefed up their frontcourt by taking forward Keith Faried with the 22nd pick and acquired the rights to forward Jordan Hamilton, point guard Andre Miller and a future second-round pick from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for guard Raymond Felton.

Denver also traded a future second-round pick for Chukwudiebere Maduabum, the Los Angeles Lakers’ 56th pick in the second round. Faried and Hamilton were both players the Nuggets coveted.

The 6-foot-8, 228-pound Faried was high on the Nuggets’ wish list after he worked out with the team June 8 in Denver. The Nuggets love his physical style and rebounding prowess, skills that will strengthen their unsettled low post situation.