Tag: Nikola Jokic
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Swapping Jamal Murray, Jaylen Brown doesn’t address Denver Nuggets’ needs | Vinny’s take
A trade built around a Jamal Murray-for-Jaylen Brown swap makes sense for Boston – not for Denver. Brown’s situation in Boston is bordering on untenable. Coming off a season where he led the Celtics to the two seed in the Eastern Conference as the team’s lone star for most of the season, the 29-year-old’s name…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why Nikola Jokic needs to get angry with Nuggets brass
Maybe Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic should move to another NBA team. — R., antsy in his pantsies Kiz: My only real complaint about Jokic? He’s too nice. The complacency afflicting the Nuggets that was decried by president Josh Kroenke after a disheartening exit from the NBA playoffs results in no small measure because Joker is…
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Denver Nuggets: Front office explains draft room chaos, cap strategy | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider As much as Jon Wallace and Ben Tenzer wanted to talk about the Nuggets’ pair of second-round draft picks, there were more pressing topics Wednesday night at Ball Arena. The Nuggets’ executive tandem wasn’t as eager…
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How the Denver Nuggets run a year-round global scouting process for the NBA draft
Scouting hardly stops for Scott Howard and Jim Clibanoff. The NBA draft starts with Tuesday’s first round and ends after Wednesday’s second round. Then, Howard, the Nuggets’ director of college scouting, is headed abroad. “Two days later, I leave to go to Turkey,” Howard told The Denver Gazette. While there might be time to sneak…
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What Chris Marlowe catchphrase will you miss most during Nuggets telecasts? | Friday Faceoff
Question: What Chris Marlowe catchphrase will you miss most during Nuggets telecasts? Mark Kiszla, sports columnist Answer: “That’s some Arkansas math!” We’ve all been listening to Chris Marlowe do play-by-play on Nuggets broadcasts since “Hector was a pup.” Who else would go all classic Greek mythology on us and reference the Iliad by Homer while…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets’ chronic injury woes are desperate cry for help
If it hurts the broken-down Nuggets to watch the NBA Finals from the sofa as much as it torments them to play basketball on the court, then shouldn’t Job 1 for Denver be painfully obvious? Heal thyself. Too often, this team’s starting five is in no shape to make a championship run. That’s more than…
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Mark Kiszla: Avs won’t win another Cup until somebody makes MacKinnon grow up
The Avalanche won’t ever get out of this rut if the NHL’s most talented team can’t find somebody to kick Nathan MacKinnon’s butt. Chris MacFarland, the ultimate hockey nerd, was never going to be the man to do that dirty work. So it’s just as well that C-Mac has moved on to Nashville, where the…
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Why Jamal Murray was excluded from Canada’s next Olympics cycle | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Jamal Murray’s future with the Canadian national team was thrown into question Monday. The Nuggets’ star guard was excluded from Canada’s 23-man roster for the upcoming Olympics cycle. Rowan Barrett, the father of Raptors wing RJ…
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Jamal Murray earns his first All-NBA nod beside Nikola Jokic
Jamal Murray got the acknowledgement he was looking for Sunday evening. After being named an All-Star for the first time, the Nuggets’ starting point guard said he would rather be an All-NBA selection for the first time, as it’s an accomplishment that reflects performance over the entirety of the regular season. Murray received 149 points…
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Which superstar big man do you take now: Nikola Jokic or Victor Wembanyama? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Which superstar big man do you take now — the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama or Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic? Paul Klee, sports editor Answer: Joker With all due respect to my friend Vinny Buckets, the basketball world’s rush to crown Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama is a classic case of recency bias. This is Wemby’s moment.…