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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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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 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…
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Michael Porter Jr. putting starting touches on all-around game in second season with Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter Jr. has said the right things about being a complete player for most of his time with the Denver Nuggets, and it looks like he’s increasingly starting to do the right thing. There has never been a question about the second-year forward’s shooting and scoring ability, and it quickly became evident the 6-foot-10…
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Denver Nuggets hit the road in hopes of returning with better sense of self
The Denver Nuggets hope to return from a cross-country road trip with a better sense of identity and direction. The trip starts Friday with two games against Phoenix in as many days. Sunday is an off day before Monday’s game at Dallas. The trip closes at Miami on Wednesday and at San Antonio before the…
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Denver Nuggets lament lack of finishing in loss to Utah Jazz
A couple of numbers from Sunday’s 109-105 loss to the Utah Jazz at Denver’s Ball Arena stood out to Nuggets coach Michael Malone. The Nuggets shot 42% on 47 paint looks in the loss, the coach said, while the Jazz hit 40.5% of their 37 3-point looks. “Our finishing numbers were really bad,” Malone said.…
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Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. could miss multiple games because of coronavirus protocols
Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. will not play against Phoenix on Friday night because of the NBA’s coronavirus protocols. There’s no timetable for his return and he could miss multiple games because of contact tracing. Porter is second on the team in scoring with a 19.5-point average. He was a first-round pick out of…
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Fundamentals focus of Bol Bol’s big offseason before his first full season with Denver Nuggets
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bol Bol spent the short offseason getting back to the basics after his Nuggets’ breakthrough in the NBA bubble. Prior to the season’s disruption in March, Bol, a rookie out of Oregon, spent the season with the Windy City Bulls, Chicago’s G League affiliate. With…
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Fundamentals focus of Bol Bol’s big offseason before his first full season with Denver Nuggets
Bol Bol spent the short offseason getting back to the basics after his Nuggets’ breakthrough in the NBA bubble. Prior to the season’s disruption in March, Bol, a rookie out of Oregon, spent the season with the Windy City Bulls, Chicago’s G League affiliate. With the Nuggets short on healthy bodies, Bol played a role…