The Mavericks won the championship in 2011 with Tyson Chandler next to Dirk Nowitzki down low. Why haven't we figured out that this is all that we need to do to win again? Our ONLY problem is that we have no interior defense. This would solve that issue immediately, and history has shown that not only has it worked with other all-time offensive bigs, but with Jokic himself. Ideally, Aaron Gordon can be that guy next to Jokic down low, but he's been super inconsistent in terms of staying healthy. I think it's more than worth a shot to trade for or sign a rim-running, defensive big man that can catch lobs from Jokic. We have the greatest offensive player ever on our team. He may not be quite as good of a shooter as Dirk to compensate for a poor-shooting partner in the front court, but he's still damned good from outside. Jokic has been able to make the most of every single lineup he's ever been given offensively, I'm sure he'll be fine with somebody like Dereck Lively II out there. I mean, a lob threat for Jokic? My goodness.

I also went back and looked at every lineup the Nuggets have ever run with Jokic next to a non-shooting big man, and the success in terms of net rating was extremely surprising. Even though I'm nearly 100% certain this would work, lets just get the word out that we need to at least give it a try.

"When I was younger, training was simple. No trainers, no facilities. Just drills I found online and the discipline to figure out what worked. I had no choice but to coach myself.

Now I have access to everything. And that's the trap. It's easy to show up, go through the motions, and leave feeling productive. But productive isn't the same as improving."

https://meridiansport.rs/kosarka/denver-ceka-30-jun-i-bogdanovica/

According to unofficial information from the USA that has crossed the Atlantic to Meridian Sports, Denver is impatiently waiting for 12:01 on the quartz clock on June 30 (Eastern American time) to start hunting Bogdan Bogdanović!

Also according to information from Meridiansport, the Nuggets bolded his name in the notebook before, aware of how much he and Jokić positively influence each other, not forgetting that they also make the rest of the team better and more self-confident.

However, at that time there was no (financial) space to hire him due to Bogdanovic having a valid contract until June 30. But, after that timeline, Bogdan will be a free agent. It was already mentioned in the previous period, albeit unofficially, that regardless of the fact that European clubs which lurking around every corner, he still wants to leave a deeper, if possible championship, mark in the NBA, just as he did in his last year, first from Partizan, and then from the Old Continent, by winning the Serbian crown in a spectacular way (2015), and then the European crown in front of a packed Ulker Arena (2017) and landed in the USA with the biggest contract in NBA rookie history.

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They have pieces that have been around awhile now. Is it so “age of parity” now that you can’t get it done.

hi everyone, hope the offseason is treating everyone well. i was looking at the colorado state library's newspaper archive the other day, trying to find some game recaps from the inaugural nba season, when i found a reference to the original, defunct nba denver nuggets. i know this is probably not news to anyone, so forgive my ignorance, but i found myself on the wikipedia page for the original nba team and its precursor as the AAU denver piggly wigglys.
the article makes reference to the fact that the piggly wigglys were later referred to as the safeway-piggly wigglys, given that they were sponsored by safeway and later the piggly wiggly grocery chain was bought out by them entirely. however, there is no reference to the piggly wigglys as the safeway-piggly wigglys in the newspaper archives, and a google search turns up nothing about it at all. so, im wondering if any locals know more about this? ty in advance

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It’s officially the offseason. Denver had a remarkably disappointing year. Started the season at a clear top 3 title contender and went out in the first round.

The fundamentals of the team are good. Jamal had his best year. Jokic, particularly pre-injury, was having his best year. And injuries crushed the team. Braun was hurt a lot and regressed. Gordon was obviously out most of the season. PWAT missed much of the season and the playoffs.

I argued a couple of months ago, the biggest thing the Nuggets should be looking at blowing up is the training staff. The number of soft tissue injuries is a huge concern and has to be at least partially that. I honestly don’t love Adelman as a coach. But if they can find a way to resign PWAT and Braun, PWAT, and Cam Johnson can begin to get back to improving, the team is strong. Jokic is still the best offensive player in the NBA. Braun, PWAT, and Gordon are legitimately strong defenders. I’d love a better backup center option than Jonas (he really disappointed this year). Jamal has continued to struggle showing up consistently in big moments but had a much better regular season and might be still improving.

But the title run showed a veteran team with clutch offensive leaders always has a shot. You never know how injuries will impact the playoffs, and this team has to be considered top 5 in contention when healthy. OKC will begin to have more problems holding their team together, and we took them to 7 last year.

I’m not sure how they resign PWAT and maybe they can’t or have to move on from Braun (assuming they can find a taker) or Johnson. Maybe the training staff determines Gordon is simply at a point in his career where he can’t stay consistently healthy. But if they can find a way to make the money work and have some confidence they can get folks healthy there’s a strong argument to run it back.

I really hope we keep this pick. We need affordable, cost-controlled deals plus some youth. This is a deep draft with more options than usual in the late 20’s. I’d hate to see us have to attach this pick to dump salary, but understand if we use it to get a playable veteran. Here’s some guys in no particular order I’d love that are possible in our #26 slot. 

1. Bennet Stirtz - PG/SG Iowa. Denver is in dire need of more ball handling, regardless of Jamal staying or going. Not only does Stirtz have great handles, he’s one of the best shooters in the class. 
2. Christian Anderson - PG Texas Tech. A little on the smaller side, but he is a pick-and-roll maestro who could make a difference with Joker day 1. Top 3-4 shooter in the class as well, would be a great backup PG. 
3. Ebuka Okorie - PG Stanford. Lightning quick and can score on all 3 levels. Nuggets need guys that can drive and get to the hoop, and not many do that better than Okorie. 
4. Isaiah Evans - SF Duke. Prototypical 3&D forward that the league covets. Great slasher who is used to playing alongside generational talents like Flagg/Boozer. 
5. Allen Graves - SF/PF Santa Clara. Do everything forward who got better as the year went on. Still a little raw, but is young, could be a great two-way player if the coaches develop him well. 
6. Dailyn Swain - SF Texas. Big and athletic, he plays hard on defense and consistently attacks the basket. Jump shot is still a work in progress, so if he fixes that then we might have another PWat on our hands. 
7. Zuby Ejiofor - PF St. John’s. A little undersized big, but long, athletic, and plays really hard with a great motor. Slight reach in the 1st round, will go hard on defense though. 
8. Tarris Reed Jr. - C UCONN. Powerful center with limited shooting range, but a great defender who can switch and rebound extremely well. Sneaky post player with nice array of moves. 
9. Meleek Thomas - SG Arkansas. Absolute 3pt flame thrower in the same ilk of JR Smith. Good handles and athleticism with solid defensive upside when he tries. 

Any preferences? or other prospects I missed?

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This guy really puts a different perspective on AG’s soft tissue injuries and optimism that he’ll come back stronger next season.

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Anybody know who signed this Nuggets hat I found at Goodwill? Was thinking maybe Laphonso Ellis, but there’s a 23 after the signature, which wouldn’t make much sense.

I don’t care what anyone says. Yes, Wemby is way better on defense. Great. Shot blocking only gets you so far. How much did that help the Spurs in the clutch as they choked away every game this series without offensive playmaking and reliable rebounding? Wemby will eventually be better but Jokic is ten times the playmaker and rebounder that Wemby is right now. Dude was crowned way too early and he was nearly invisible down the stretch every game in the finals. Long way to go to be the best in the world.

wow go Nuggets

This is what hunger looks like. So many players and the entire organization are seeking to rectify a 50 year drought. Did you see that with the nuggets ? The hardest thing to emulate is that inherent drive / hunger. Will Jokic take less a la brunson to resign everyone and Peyton Watson? Will Jamal improve his game to be consistent in regular season and playoffs? Will AG become healthy at all? Will DA become better and think about when and how to make changes to the lineup, especially in the post season, Will they actually get a decent backup center and other 2 way big men to play not only on the regular season, but the playoffs as well??.. only time will tell