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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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