Nuggets Mailbag: Will Nikola Jokic’s weight loss negatively affect his game?

Denver Post sports writer Mike Singer and his latest Nuggets Mailbag. Pose a Nuggets — or NBA — related question for the Nuggets Mailbag. I’ve been reading about Nikola Jokic is slimming down and is in great form. His burden was an actual asset for him because they could not simply push him and he
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Nuggets rewind: From embarrassing to stunning, the 8 moments that defined Denver’s season

Whichever way the time went, it was definitely going to be memorable. The Nuggets would capitalize on year &rsquo effort and establish that their staying power or discriminated beneath the stress of expectations. Though the Nuggets skidded into the hiatus with six losses in their past 11 matches, theyrsquo;t experienced a season up to now.
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Jamal Murray powers Nuggets past NBA-best Bucks

The Nuggets discovered a slice of the electricity and poise they’ve been looking for Monday night. Against the Milwaukee Bucks, that had been without reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and chosen not to play all-star Khris Middleton, the Nuggets discovered a semblance of rhythm within their 109-95 victory at the Pepsi Center that they’ll desperately need
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Nuggets Insider: Denver has a first-round draft pick again. Here’s who mock drafters have the team selecting

Miss Juancho Hernangomez and Malik Beasley? Yeah, we do too. If it’s any comfort, the two of them are flourishing in their newfound roles since being traded to Minnesota, with Beasley (21.1 ppg) and Juancho (14.0 ppg) both averaging double-digit points per game. Not enough to ease your pain? Well, there’s always that first-round draft
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Nuggets takeaways: Why Jamal Murray’s monster dunk that “got the building lit” should have counted

Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray threw down one of the best dunks you’ll ever witness. And, the only thing crueler than his posterization of Bucks forward D.J. Wilson Monday night at the Pepsi Center was an offensive foul call that waived off the slam. The dunk came with 9.8 seconds left in the third quarter
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Nuggets offense explodes in victory over defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors

The madness of March descended about the Pepsi Center on Sunday with All intensity between the Nuggets and Toronto Raptors. After Nikola Jokic delivered a pass to help a Gary Harris layup late in the fourth quarter, the stadium erupted. Jokic earned his of the season and Denver took the defending NBA champions 133-118. Eight
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Nuggets beat T-Wolves, spoil returns of Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez

Sunday provided an early referendum on Denver’s trade deadline deal that shook the locker area up . And the returns, at least in Denver’s perspective, were asserting. Gary Harris hounded Malik Beasley, now Minnesota’s starting shooting guard, along with the Nuggets drilled the Timberwolves 128-116 on Sunday in the Pepsi Center to improve to 39-18.
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LeBron James, Lakers spoil Nuggets’ winning streak with overtime win

LeBron James’ electricity has bewildered hundreds of staff earlier, his size overwhelming them, his vision picking them apart. The Nuggets have been the most recent victims Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, decreasing 120-116 in overtime, despite a valiant effort in their last match prior to the all-star break. The loss snapped Denver’s four-game winning
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Birthday boy Paul Millsap leads Nuggets in huge second-half comeback over Spurs

Well, that’s one way. Paul Millsap, on his birthday, then wrested the Nuggets out of a double-digit deficit and paved the road for a huge second-half comeback over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Millsap, about a minutes restriction as returning from his knee injury, scored 16 of his 22 points in the second
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Jamal Murray’s 36 points powers Nuggets past Suns on the road

PHOENIX — Had Jamal Murray kept his masterpiece into the end, it might’ve been enough for the Nuggets to win. Instead, it was his defense which served as one of the defining plays of Denver’s 117-108 win within the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. Murray got his hands on a Ricky Rubio effort late in
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