Tag: Nuggets
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic became just the third reigning Finals MVP to open an NBA season with a triple-double, joining Magic Johnson (1982) and LeBron James (2016). In Denver’s 119-107 win against the Los Angeles Lakers, the two-time MVP recorded game highs of 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists in 36 minutes of […]
On Monday night, the Denver Nuggets received their first NBA championship rings prior to taking on the Los Angeles Lakers to tip off the 2023-24 NBA season. Last season, the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in five games of the NBA Finals to win their first title in their 47-year franchise history. Nikola Jokic ended […]
Sportswriter Ben Fawkes of USA Today gave NBA oddsmakers a list of 69 players and asked them to rank the point-spread value of each one. The journalist then averaged the five values together to get to a final number for every player. A list of factors for the oddsmakers include: Strength of the backup at […]
The Denver Nuggets are picking up the 2024-25 team option worth $3.08 million on guard Christian Braun, according to reports. This is part of the four-year, $13.77 million rookie-scale contract he signed last July. Braun, 22, was selected 21st overall by the Nuggets in the 2022 NBA Draft out of the University of Kansas. Last […]
Bleacher Report polled the NBA community on which active players belong in the top 100 entering the 2023-24 season, and let’s just say the top-25 rankings list will surprise a number of fans. Where did 2023 MVP center Joel Embiid end up? How about 2023 NBA Finals MVP center Nikola Jokic? Last week, Bleacher Report released […]
Former Denver Nuggets guard Gary Harris believes Nikola Jokic was not as interested in winning MVP last season. “He didn’t really wanna win that MVP this year,” said the nine-year veteran on the Club 520 Podcast. “Once they started talking about all the other stuff – the different narratives – he was just like, I’m […]
Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves revealed on the “Full Send Podcast” that he believes Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic should have won MVP over Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. “I personally thought he should’ve [won]. The way that he plays is so unique for a big man, but obviously, Joel’s really good and dominates […]
The Denver Nuggets have signed free agent forward Braxton Key to a two-way contract, his agents Anthony Coleman and Max Lipsett of Excel Basketball announced. Braxton, 26, went undrafted out of the University of Virginia in 2020. More importantly, two players under two-way contracts have cap holds on Denver’s roster: Collin Gillespie ($1,801,769) and Markus […]
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets finished as MVP runner-up in the 2022-23 season, but the five-time All-Star went on to win his first Finals MVP, NBA championship, and now Best NBA Player at the 2023 ESPYS. In 69 starts of the 2022-23 season, Jokic averaged 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds, a career-high 9.8 assists, 1.3 […]
Denver SWAT police officer Sgt. Justin Dodge had a below-the-knee amputation after a fire truck rolled over his leg during the celebratory parade for the Denver Nuggets’ NBA championship win last month, according to the Denver Police Department. Dodge was walking along the front passenger side of the Tower 15 fire engine, which carried Nuggets […]
