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Are the Denver Nuggets mismanaging the Nikola Jokic era?| Friday Faceoff
Ahead of Josh Kroenke’s season-ending news conference Friday, with just one championship during the Nikola Jokic era, is the franchise wasting the prime of its superstar? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter Answer: No Everyone take a deep breath. It’s easy to panic after the Nuggets flamed out of the playoffs three straight years after winning…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Nuggets need to end era when team depends on Joker to do it all
This won’t happen, but the Nuggets’ best chance to win again just might be trading Nikola Jokic. I don’t want that to happen, but not a lot of options to move forward unless ownership pays heavy luxury tax, which it won’t do. – K&C, sees end of era Kiz: This team cries out for an…
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Christian Braun contributes on both ends in Nuggets’ big win over Rockets
Initials are enough to identify Christian Braun’s defensive assignments to start the week. It started against “SGA” on Monday and continued Wednesday with “KD.” Braun was more pleased with his individual effort against Rockets star Kevin Durant in Wednesday’s win than he was with his job against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored an efficient 35 points,…
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Cam Johnson’s complete game help Nuggets cruise against Rockets
A close-to-perfect night from Cam Johnson was just what he and the Nuggets needed. “I think sometimes he’s trying to make perfect plays instead of just making the play that’s right there in front of you, (which is) usually the right decision,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said after a 129-93 win over the Rockets. Johnson’s…
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Kiszla: Nuggets, Rockets deliver holiday basketbrawl behind Durant-Brown feud
All I want for Christmas is to get Bruce Brown and Kevin Durant together under the mistletoe and see who gets popped in the kisser first. “As a man, there are certain things you don’t say to another man,” Brown said Saturday, after a holiday gathering between the Nuggets and Rockets, when no gifts were…
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Denver Nuggets will need four more wins vs. Rockets to have another championship chance | Vinny’s take
Even though there’s only one more scheduled meeting left, the Rockets and Nuggets should plan on seeing plenty more of each other before a champion is crowned. A third of the way through the regular season, the Rockets look like Denver’s stiffest competition in the quest for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.…
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Denver Nuggets celebrate Jokmas with overtime win over Houston Rockets
It required a group effort and five extra minutes to ensure Denver enjoyed a Merry Jokmas on Monday. The local holiday celebrates the day Nikola Jokic became the Nuggets’ full-time starting center on Dec. 15, 2016. The three-time Most Valuable Player finished with a game-high 39 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, two steals and two…
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Rockets matchups give Peyton Watson, Denver Nuggets plenty to prove
Peyton Watson did his part in the Nuggets’ best win of the season. In the Nuggets’ 112-109 win in Houston on Nov. 21, Watson had the unenviable task of serving as Kevin Durant’s primary defender. Durant finished with 13 points, his second-lowest scoring output of the season, on 5-of-15 shooting. “We came into that game…