Meet the 2020-21 Nuggets: A breakdown of the complete team roster

27 Jamal Murray Ezra Shaw, Getty ImagesJamal Murray (27) of the Denver Nuggets looks to pass around Alen Smailagic (6) of the Golden State Warrior during their NBA preseason game at Chase Center on Dec. 12, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.. G | 23 | 6-foot-4 | 215  The Nuggets’ fifth-year guard had his breakout
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Nuggets’ Will Barton won’t play in opening scrimmage due to knee soreness, source says

Nuggets little ahead Will Barton continues to be dealing with knee soreness and won’t perform Wednesday’s launching scrimmage from the Wizards out of conscience, according to a team source. Barton’s only been able to proceed through elements of training because the Nuggets arrived in Orlando more than a couple of weeks ago. Barton missed four
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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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Three Nuggets return for individual workouts, according to league source

The Denver Nuggets are taking a cautious approach now that the NBA has slowly started its resumption of basketball activities. Three Nuggets showed up for voluntary individual workouts Monday, the first day the Pepsi Center’s practice facility was re-opened, according to a league source. Since only a handful of players are currently in Denver and
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Lessons from Spain: Nuggets coach Jordi Fernandez fears coronavirus on two continents

At least three times every day, Nuggets assistant trainer Jordi Fernandez transports to Spain, in which cousins, uncles, aunt, his parents, sister, grandma and friends all grapple with their new reality. The FaceTime calls supply a little reprieve for both Fernandez, 37, who’s watched as the yanks from afar at the threads of their own
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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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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 injury bug opens door for extended bench minutes: “I know I’ll be playing a lot”

The doors into the Nuggets’ auxiliary gym at the Pepsi Center remained closed Saturday afternoon, and rather than allowing reporters to see the last minutes of exercise, the group required prolonged secrecy to run setup plays before the final whistle. This was extra preparation time made mandatory with a unfortunate Nuggets injury bug as rsquo
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Projecting the Nuggets’ depth chart heading into 2019-’20 season

It was simple practical, for Nuggets trainer Michael Malone to dismiss the query. Malone was sitting in the news conference for enviable forward Jerami Grant and was not interested in indulging questions which training camp and preseason would finally answer. “I haven’t thought rotations and about the depth chart,” Malone stated with a laugh. “I’m
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