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’ Monte Morris: “I would love to get an extension here”

For all the questions the Nuggets answered about their promising future this past season, their riveting postseason run raised another. Do the Nuggets have two starting-caliber point guards on their roster? After Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic and Swiss-army wing Jerami Grant, Monte Morris was probably the next steadiest player during Denver’s playoff run to the
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NBA draft: The Nuggets need a shooting guard. Fortunately, this draft is full of them.

Editor’s note: Second in a series previewing the upcoming NBA draft. Today: shooting guard The Nuggets have a slight advantage as the NBA draft on Nov. 18 creeps closer. At shooting guard, one of Denver’s most pressing needs, there’s actually a fair amount of depth that could be within range with the No. 22 pick.
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Nuggets journal: What clues are there for Denver’s No. 22 pick?

There are three prevailing schools of thought as to how the Nuggets will utilize their 22nd overall pick in the NBA draft next month. The first, and perhaps most tantalizing, is to trade it. The Nuggets could use it as a sweetener in a deal for an immediate upgrade. The thinking here is that Michael
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Nuggets Mailbag: What sort of offseason trades might Denver be able to swing?

Beat writer Michael Singer opens the Nuggets Mailbag Sporadically throughout the offseason. Pose a Nuggets — or NBA — connected question here. I believe my dream scenario for the Nuggets this offseason is that a commerce for Victor Oladipo or Jrue Holiday (I prefer Oladipo though I understand most of Nuggets country seems to prefer
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Kiszla: Nuggets need one more piece to win NBA championship. Could Jrue Holiday be the answer?

If likability counted for anything in the NBA, Joker and Jamal would indicate pro basketball’s next great dynasty. Heck, Pepsi Center would need to be expanded to store all the Nuggets’ championship trophies. But hugs won’t get you hardware. To build a legit title contender, the Nuggets have to add another large piece. Maybe it’s
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Kiszla: Fire Michael Malone? No. But broken trust between coach and Nuggets must be repaired.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Under the NBA bubble’s glass, that the Nuggets’ defects have been exposed. While shabby protection and untimely injuries might cost Denver this series against Utah, a bigger and potentially fatal flaw may cost trainer Michael Malone his job. The confidence between Malone and his players will be divided . The
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Kiszla: Paul Millsap is $30 million of dead weight. Nuggets need to bench him to avoid getting bounced from NBA playoffs by Utah.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The Nuggets’ bubble is going to burst. Their defense succeeds only as an exercise in social distancing. Injured starter Will Barton has gone house. Along with his teammates behaved like they didn’t want to be here during a distressing 124-105 playoff loss to Utah on Wednesday. “We could ’t be afraid
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Top 10 Nuggets’ individual scoring performances in NBA playoff history

Ashley Landis, Pool, The Associated PressDenver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray, left, responds close head coach Michael Malone after a drama against the Utah Jazz during the next half of an NBA basketball first round playoff match, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.. Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell had the third-highest scoring performance in NBA
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Nuggets’ Jamal Murray on chemistry with Nikola Jokic: It’s going to take time to “get us right”

If nothing else, at the Nuggets’ two players are within the bubble. After Nikola Jokic arrived last weekend in Orlando, not only was the organization able to breathe a sigh of relief, but it indicated that the unofficial beginning of the team’s resumption. After four months off, the equal of an entire offseason as Nuggets
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