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It seems like no other MVP candidate has been put under a microscope much like Nikola Jokic has been in recent weeks. Some pundits have even wondered whether race plays a huge part in the Denver Nuggets star’s MVP candidacy. Amid all the noise, however, there are some legitimate concerns regarding the merits of making […]

The Denver Nuggets are about to embark on a tough East Coast road trip as they look to hold on to their status as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference standings. The road trip begins on Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors and culminates next Wednesday, March 22 against the Washington Wizards with games […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is in the midst of an MVP caliber season and has been etching his name in the NBA record books along the way. Jokic is the reigning MVP having won the award in back-to-back seasons now. Should he win this season’s MVP award, he will become only the fourth player […]

The Brooklyn Nets were poised to embrace a defensive identity after acquiring Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie at the trade deadline. Unlike the majority of the Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era, the team was suddenly stacked with athletic, defensive-minded wings. But those returns did not show up during a 1-6 start with […]

The 2022-2023 NBA MVP will be crowned soon and it’ll likely either come down to the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic or the Sixers’ Joel Embiid. Oddsmakers seem to believe it’ll be Jokic, but some observers argue he doesn’t deserve to win the award for the third straight year. Whether it’s voter fatigue or the fact that […]

Michael Porter Jr. has thrown shade at coach Michael Malone in the wake of the Denver Nuggets’ two-point loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Porter Jr. had 23 points on 9-12 shooting in the loss, but despite that he sat for nearly the entire last 16 minutes of the game, with the exception of […]

Nikola Jokic is in the midst of an MVP caliber season even with some recent struggles by the Denver Nuggets. Jokic is on the verge of becoming the first non-guard to average a triple-double over the course of an entire season. The only other players to average a triple-double for a whole season are Oscar […]

The Nets clawed out a 122-120 road win over the Denver Nuggets Sunday, their fifth in six games. Brooklyn led by 14 points with 8:40 remaining before Denver stormed back to cut the lead to one behind MVP-favorite Nikola Jokic. But like Friday’s win at Minnesota, the Nets wouldn’t go away, fighting in the final […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are surprisingly in the middle of a losing skid. They have lost all their last three games following a 122-120 upset defeat at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets at home on Sunday. Prior to that, the Nuggets lost to the San Antonio Spurs on the road, 128-120, and […]

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic is getting trolled big time after what many assume is his attempt to be like Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. On Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets, Jokic had the chance to win the game for the Nuggets. With Brooklyn up 121-120 with less than 10 seconds left, the Joker […]

The Denver Nuggets came out on the losing end of a tightly-contested battle on Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets, 122-120. To make matters worse, the Nuggets also lost star guard Jamal Murray in the loss, with the 26-year-old being forced to exit in the fourth quarter due to a concerning knee injury. The official diagnosis […]

We’ll begin our NBA odds and pick series with the first game of Sunday’s steady slate of action. The Brooklyn Nets (38-29) will travel to face off against the Denver Nuggets (46-21) for a cross-conference matchup between playoff hopefuls. Check out our NBA odds series for our Nets-Nuggets prediction and pick. The Brooklyn Nets are […]

The Denver Nuggets are on upset alert, according to Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce. In a conversation with former teammate Kevin Garnett, Pierce explained that the Nuggets are the most likely of the top-three seeds in the Western Conference to lose their first-round playoff series. “I think Denver is the most likely out of the […]

Being on the receiving end of a filthy, poster dunk is one of the occupational hazards of being a center in the NBA. Even the best rim protectors of all time, such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Mark Eaton, and Rudy Gobert, have experienced the sting of getting dunked on. And that’s exactly what Atlanta […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s big game on Friday has fueled his MVP candidacy, and it has certainly helped him that Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets lost to the San Antonio Spurs. Embiid came up big for the Sixers to beat the Portland Trail Blazers, even banking the game-winner with 1.1 second left for […]

There might not be a more embarrassing play to be on the receiving end of than a nasty poster jam. And on Friday night, that’s exactly what happened to San Antonio Spurs center Zach Collins after Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr threw down a filthy off-hand dunk right in Collins’ face. Shortly thereafter, Collins took […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets just lost to one of the NBA’s worse teams of the season in the San Antonio Spurs. Sure enough, the haters saw it as an opportunity to mock the Colorado franchise and call them frauds. The Nuggets are officially in a shocking slump as they have now lost two […]

No one could have expected the San Antonio Spurs, a team that lost 16 straight games at one point during the 2022-23 season, to make much noise against Nikola Jokic and the team with the best record in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets, let alone claim a victory. After all, with just 17 games […]

Denver Nuggets swingman Michael Porter Jr. and San Antonio Spurs forward Zach Collins got into a heated and physical altercation on Friday, leading to both players getting ejected in the game. Midway through the third quarter, Porter absolutely embarrassed Collins with a nasty dunk and seemingly followed it up with a taunt. The Spurs big […]

Over the past couple of seasons, Jamal Murray has emerged into a superstar for the Denver Nuggets. Starting with his breakout performance in the 2020 bubble, his career trajectory has been steadily climbing upward after he dealt with an ACL injury. Murray was not named to the All-Star team this season but he had a […]

This year’s NBA MVP race is unique in both its evenness and toxicity. Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo are all playing nearly flawless basketball in their own unique ways. Accordingly, their stans are losing their mind as MVP lobbying season kicks into gear. For the last several weeks, the horserace between the Nuggets, […]

The Denver Nuggets (46-20) visit the San Antonio Spurs (16-49) on Friday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Nuggets-Spurs prediction, pick, and how to watch. Denver has won four of their last five games and remains in first place in the Western Conference. The […]

Denver Nuggets fans are tired of the disparaging MVP narrative against Nikola Jokic being peddled by some members of the media. (*cough* Kendrick Perkins *cough*) Apparently, Joker’s teammates are sick of it, too. With Nikola Jokic potentially in line for a third straight NBA MVP award, it’s no surprise there are those questioning how much […]

Just because ESPN corrected one of its own, Kendrick Perkins, about a recent statement saying that NBA MVP voters are 80% white, it doesn’t mean the player-turned-analyst is going to start believing that Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets  — and not Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers — is the best player in the […]

Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. starred on the offensive end of the floor in Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. He scored 20 points — on 7-for-11 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 from three — and grabbed five rebounds in the 118-113 Nuggets win. So when DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and the Chicago […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been in the news plenty this season, as NBA fans around the world have finally begun to recognize the generational talent and genius of the basketball savant. As graceful as he is skilled, at a listed 6-foot-11 and 284 pounds, the things that Jokic is capable of on the […]

The Chicago Bulls (29-36) visit the Denver Nuggets (46-19) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 9:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Bulls-Nuggets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Chicago has lost two straight and sits in 11th place in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls covered 48% of their […]

There has been much attention on Kendrick Perkins and JJ Redick going at it on ESPN’s First Take regarding racial bias playing a part in Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic winning MVP awards. Here is the clip in question: JJ Redick condemns First Take and pushes back on Kendrick Perkins alleging NBA MVP voters have […]

The MVP discussion has always been a major point of contention for NBA pundits and fans. Some of the most heated discussions center around the merits of certain candidates, and whether some of their weaknesses can prove to be too detrimental to a team’s hopes of winning a championship. One example of this is the […]

The Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors in their showdown on Monday, but it isn’t without controversy thanks to referee Scott Foster who ejected Scottie Barnes late in the contest. Foster’s ejection of Barnes raised more than a few eyebrows, and for good reason. With just 28.3 seconds left and the Nuggets leading by just […]

Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. lit up the scoreboard in Friday’s contest against the Memphis Grizzlies. He scored 26 points — on 8-for-14 shooting from the field — and also pulled down eight rebounds in a game the Nuggets went on to win by a final score of 113-97. So when OG Anunoby, Pascal […]

The Toronto Raptors (32-33) visit the Denver Nuggets (45-19) on Monday night! Action tips off at 9:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors-Nuggets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Toronto has won two of their last three games and sits in ninth place in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors […]

The regular season of the 2022-23 NBA is nearing its 21st week, and the postseason race is heating up even more. Following the dramatic trade deadline and All-Star Break, teams continue to compete for position with only 16-19 games remaining per club. It goes without saying that we should expect even more entertaining and surprising […]

The Denver Nuggets put on an impressive defensive performance in Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Denver held Memphis to just 97 points and 36.9% shooting in a game they won by a final score of 113-97. Plus, Grizzlies superstar point guard Ja Morant struggled and shot 8-f0r-20 from the field. So after the game, […]

Dillon Brooks has made a name for himself as one of the biggest agitators in the NBA, as he constantly is finding himself in the middle of fights or arguments with his opponents. But Brooks’ tormentive ways may have finally caught up to him after he picked up another technical foul on Friday night against […]

Back when Carmelo Anthony was with the Denver Nuggets, late NBA Commissioner David Stern gave the future Hall of Fame forward a call that shook him up. The contents of the call, which came in the aftermath of an on-court brawl between the Nuggets and New York Knicks in Dec. 2006, were relayed by Carmelo […]

Two of the top teams in the Western Conference will go head-to-head in a rematch from last Saturday as an epic matchup awaits between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Denver Nuggets. Let’s check out our NBA odds series, where our Grizzlies-Nuggets prediction and pick will be revealed. After a rough stretch that saw the Grizzlies […]

Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has not been in the news for great reasons this season but with the All-Star averaging 27.1 points and 8.2 assists per game, the Grizzlies’ offensive engine hasn’t missed a beat since his breakout season in 2021-22. Furthermore, while Morant was not the picture of perfect health in 2021-22 […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the proverbial gentle giant in the NBA. He’s a superstar whose reserved demeanor is a pleasant contradiction to the loud game he brings every night for his team. Having said that, that’s not stopped people from taking shots at him and trying to reduce his on-court brilliance. For Nuggets […]