Nikola Jokic
The margin for error is tiny when building a championship contender in the NBA. Losing one player can be enough to shut your window. The Denver Nuggets, over the last couple of seasons and since hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2023, have lost a few key rotation pieces making their margin for error tiny. […]
Aging stars often struggle acclimating to their new reality. That’s been the case for Russell Westbrook, who’s spent the last few years in Los Angeles on a gradual decline. He had a solid year for the Clippers in 2024, but Westbrook’s career found new life in Denver during his age-36 season. Plenty of people discounted […]
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic lead the East and West, respectively, in All-Star fan voting after the first returns were tallied. Antetokounmpo leads all vote getters with 1,710,630 votes, and would currently be voted as a frontcourt starter alongside Boston Celtics wing Jayson Tatum and New York Knicks big […]
The clock has just started to tick on NBA trade season and the Denver Nuggets have emerged as a key team to watch. Recently linked with several high-scoring guards, retooling around Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray is looking more a question of when rather than if, particularly after Denver fell to the 9-18 Portland Trail […]
For those closely watching the Denver Nuggets, it’s clear something is amiss. Nikola Jokic is having one of the all-time great seasons nearly averaging a 30-point triple-double but it’s translated to a merely adequate 14-10 record, which puts them fifth in the West. That pace would be good for 48 wins, well short of the […]
It’s no longer a game, it’s a tournament. Desperate times, desperate measures seems to be the prevailing thought around the dwindling competitive spirit at the NBA All-Star Game. In a bid to rev up the compete level, Adam Silver and Co. announced a radical departure from tradition as four teams will compete in three games […]
It’s never too early to lose sleep over NBA awards. We’re about a third of the way through the season, a perfect time for our preliminary fake awards ballot. I don’t have a vote, but this is how I would choose each award winner if I had one. Most Valuable Player: Nikola Jokic Nikola Jokic […]
Following a lively first week of action filled with compelling matchups, the 2024-25 Emirates NBA Cup is back Tuesday night with a six-game schedule. There are also eight more Cup games on Friday night. NBA Cup Standings Out East, the 2-0 Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks are leading the way. […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Denver Nuggets in their first matchup of the season. With both Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon sidelined for the Nuggets on Wednesday evening, we might have expected a similar result a second time around. And with five minutes remaining in the third quarter, Denver found itself down 10. Denver […]
The NBA season is well underway. While it’s too early to make sweeping conclusions about anything or anyone, it’s time to start thinking about how the year will take shape. All 30 teams have played at least two games, and each team will have its set of wrinkles they need to iron out through an […]
