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Mile High MVPs: Looking back at Colorado’s most valuable player award winners prior to Nikola Jokic

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With Nikola Jokic selected since the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets center became only the eighth athlete in the history of Colorado’s four major professional sports teams to be named league MVP. Here’take a peek at the preceding seven: Avalanche MVPs Since the Quebec Nordiques jumped to Denver and became the
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Austin Rivers Stole the Show in Game 3 of the Nuggets vs Blazers Series

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Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to a 120-115 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. However, it was Austin Rivers who stole the show with 16 fourth quarter points. The Nuggets are +3.5 betting underdogs in Game 4 which is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Nikola Jokic showed why he should be the
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Denver Nuggets End Utah Jazz’s 11-Game Winning Streak

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The Denver Nuggets defeated the Utah Jazz 128-113 on Sunday night at the Pepsi Center. Denver finished Utah’s 11-game winning series that was the longest in the league this season. Nikola Jokic scored 47 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Nuggets. The Utah Jazz’s 11-game winning series is finished and it required a
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Meet the 2020-21 Nuggets: A breakdown of the complete team roster

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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”

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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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NBA draft: The Nuggets need a shooting guard. Fortunately, this draft is full of them.

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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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NBA draft: Why Nuggets can’t rule out drafting a PG at No. 22

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After what Jamal Murray just did in Orlando, point guard is about the last place the Nuggets need to upgrade in this month’s draft. Murray’s rise coupled with Monte Morris’ steady play as a backup gives Denver a backcourt tandem that only a handful of teams can rival. But this year’s draft process, the most
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Nuggets journal: What clues are there for Denver’s No. 22 pick?

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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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Nuggets Mailbag: What sort of offseason trades might Denver be able to swing?

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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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Kiszla: Nuggets need one more piece to win NBA championship. Could Jrue Holiday be the answer?

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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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