Mason Plumlee Articles - Page 3

Another NBA star has withdrawn from Team USA’s training camp ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, with Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap pulling his name from contention. With more and more players dropping out as the days go by, Team USA has added a few new players to the team, including Millsap’s Nuggets teammate, […]

Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee believes the NBA should make another international expansion, this time to south of the border to Mexico City. Plumlee made the case in his own blog and explained how the league and everyone else can benefit from this: It’s time for the NBA to take the next step in its […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were in some seriously trouble early on against the Denver Nuggets. With the two teams battling it out in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon in Denver,  the Blazers finally found their stride in the second half en route to making a roaring comeback to take the […]

The Denver Nuggets kept their foot on the gas on Saturday night as they secured an important victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Following the 115-105 win, however, Nuggets big man Mason Plumlee downplayed the significance of the victory, saying that it meant very little in terms of the grander scheme of things. “It doesn’t […]

The Indiana Pacers met with the Denver Nuggets and picked up a massive win along the way. Despite the blowout, things didn’t always go perfectly for the Pacers. Specifically, Domantas Sabonis had a moment courtesy of Mason Plumlee that he probably wishes he could forget. Mason Plumlee met him at the rim! 🚫#MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/P6w7J9QwQn — […]

As if we needed more proof that European sensation Luka Doncic deserves to be this season’s Rookie of the Year, the super Slovenian continues to deliver one highlight after another. During Thursday night’s contest between the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets, Doncic took matters into his own hands in hopes of giving his team […]

Things got chippy early in the second game of ESPN’s doubleheader. In the first quarter after battling for a rebound, Mason Plumlee of the Denver Nuggets and Derrick Favors of the Utah Jazz began a shoving match. The two had to be separated and were both ejected from the game. Plumlee and Favors with some […]

Mason Plumlee had a Shaqtin’ A Fool moment on Tuesday night during their game against the New York Knicks. The Denver Nuggets center pushed Malik Beasley too hard during a defensive switch halfway through the fourth quarter. Emmanuel Mudiay was on his way to the basket. Plumlee tried to put Beasley on a better defensive […]

Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker is still a constant subject of numerous trade rumors. Talks about a possible trade involving the All-Star are expected to heat up less than two months before the deadline. Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen said on The Jump that a move to the Denver Nuggets would benefit Walker. Pippen was […]

Denver Nuggets multi-faceted center Nikola Jokic thinks that Mason Plumlee is the most underrated player in the NBA. Plumlee, 22, has been an excellent backup for Jokic at the center position. Mike Singer of The Denver Post wrote about Plumlee’s influence on the Nuggets, including Jokic’s heap of praise for his frontcourt partner. “I think […]

With the offseason here for a lot of NBA teams, it’s time for their players to undergo minor surgeries to clean up things that bothered them during the regular season. That was the case for Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee, who underwent successful surgery to repair a core muscle injury that bothered him during the […]

He was supposed to be a Spur for life. After winning a championship and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 2014, and finishing in the top three in the regular season MVP race last season, Kawhi Leonard was destined for greatness in a San Antonio Spurs jersey. He was the successor to Tim […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker is rapidly getting his game back. After spending the first several games of the season on the sidelines to recover from a devastating knee injury, the versatile Milwaukee Bucks power forward has been showing flashes of his pre-injury brilliance – and explosiveness. Just take for example this monster rack attack […]

The Denver Nuggets are parading one of the best big man tandem in Nikola Jokic and Paul Millsap, which leaves very little room for the team’s other titans to play extended minutes on the floor. All they have to do is to ready themselves for the moment and that’s exactly what Mason Plumlee did late […]

The Denver Nuggets will be without center Mason Plumlee when they face the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. Plumlee suffered a strained his right calf during Monday’s game versus the Boston Celtics. The 6-foot-11 center was having a dominant game against Boston, scoring 16 points with eight rebounds and two blocks in over 28 minutes […]

DeMarcus Cousins has built a reputation as a rough-grinding, ball-pounding, board-snatching, might-accidentally-elbow-you-in-the-face-while-I-come-down type of player. And he claims that hasn’t helped him at all. Mason Plumlee of the Denver Nuggets used that against him with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter, going down like Drago in the 12th round with Rocky Balboa, holding his face […]

Restricted free agent Mason Plumlee has agreed to a three-year, $41 million deal to return to the Denver Nuggets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Plumlee’s contract is equivalent to the sum big man Tyler Zeller — his counterpart at the center position — received from the Brooklyn Nets a week ago, setting precedent for his […]

By trading Jusuf Nurkic to the Portland Trail Blazers, the Denver Nuggets — as DJ Khaled would say — played themselves. The latest example of this occurred on Tuesday, thanks to Nurkic’s career night of 33 points and 16 rebounds, the Blazers defeated the Nuggets 122-113. Denver is now a game back of Portland for the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are currently at the bottom of the NBA’s defensive ranking, and one of their biggest issues is their inability to protect the inside. They desperately need help on the inside if they plan on competing in the playoffs, and they have their sights set on Phoenix Suns center, Tyson Chandler. There […]

New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis went hard in the paint, putting his head down and throwing a left-handed jam over Portland Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee. https://vine.co/v/5tFUIOKdQVT As Knicks announcer Mike Breen said, he put him in the basket with him. Porzingis will take no prisoners, even if the victim is his teammate‘s older […]

The Portland Trail Blazers had an incredibly busy summer but they still have an important issue to address: Mason Plumlee‘s contract. Plumlee is entering his fourth year in the league and the organization needs to decide if they will offer him an extension before the October 31 deadline. When speaking to CSN NW’s Jason Quick, […]

Considering Blake Griffin was gone for more than three months, it’s easy to forget just how athletic this guy really is. The Los Angeles Clippers forward has won the Slam Dunk Contest by jumping over a car and has proven himself as one of the premier big men in the league, in all facets of […]