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NBA mock draft: Denver Nuggets add guard depth at No. 26
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teams across the NBA will be looking to follow the Milwaukee Bucks’ lead by adding a player capable of bringing a championship to their city in Thursday’s draft. Here’s a shot at predicting the first round, including the Denver Nuggets’ pick at No. 26. 1.…
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NBA mock draft: Denver Nuggets add guard depth at No. 26
Teams across the NBA will be looking to follow the Milwaukee Bucks’ lead by adding a player capable of bringing a championship to their city in Thursday’s draft. Here’s a shot at predicting the first round, including the Denver Nuggets’ pick at No. 26. 1. Detroit Pistons Cade Cunningham, G, Oklahoma State The hardest part…
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JaMychal Green headed for free agency after reportedly declining player option
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JaMychal Green reportedly joined Will Barton III in this offseason’s group of unrestricted free agents on Friday. After Barton turned down a $14.7 million deal for next season last week, Green declined to return to Denver on a $7.6 million deal Friday afternoon, according to…
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JaMychal Green headed for free agency after reportedly declining player option
JaMychal Green reportedly joined Will Barton III in this offseason’s group of unrestricted free agents on Friday. After Barton turned down a $14.7 million deal for next season last week, Green declined to return to Denver on a $7.6 million deal Friday afternoon, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The report added there’s expected to…
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Nuggets beat Rockets, 129-116, behind career highs from PJ Dozier, Michael Porter Jr.
DENVER — PJ Dozier took little time to adjust to the starting lineup. Dozier, who made his first career start Saturday in place of injured Will Barton III, hit his first three 3-pointers of the game, helping the Nuggets beat the Rockets 129-116 at Ball Arena. Dozier finished the game with a career-high 23 points on…
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Denver Nuggets answer coach’s questions by soundly beating Houston Rockets
Michael Malone had a couple of questions for his team heading into Friday’s game against a grounded Houston Rockets squad. The experience of Will Barton III and JaVale McGee provided the answers. “Before we left the locker room, I asked the players ‘What do you think worries me most about this game?’ Will Barton said…
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Denver Nuggets drop finale of five-game road trip to San Antonio Spurs behind late turnovers
The 255 minutes of basketball played by the Denver Nuggets in five games over eight days across a few different time zones proved to be eight minutes too many. After starting the road trip with consecutive overtime wins at Phoenix last week that added an extra 15 minutes to the total, the Nuggets were tied…
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Gambling: Harden trade tangles NBA championship picture
We’re about a month into the NBA season, which means it is a good time to take stock of what has happened against what we thought was going to happen before the season began. In order to do that, we need to compare the present futures market prices to what they were before the first…
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Denver’s defense, rebounding vs. Miami Heat extends Nuggets’ best stretch of the season
The question of whether or not the Nuggets are playing their best basketball of the season produced a quick answer from coach Michael Malone after Denver’s 109-82 win Wednesday at Miami. “Oh, no doubt,” Malone said. “Obviously, it’s still very young in the season. December, we were not very good. We were 1-4 to start…
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Denver Nugget Nikola Jokic wins NBA Western Conference player of the week
Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to their first three-game win streak of the season last week and picked up an award Monday afternoon to show for his efforts. In a home win over Oklahoma City and back-to-back overtime victories at Phoenix, Denver’s 25-year-old star center averaged 29 points, 14.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.9…