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The race for the MVP trophy is as tight as a new jar of pickles. The NBA on Thursday announced the three finalists for the league’s top individual honor: Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. While the result will definitely be […]

Nikola Jokic has officially been listed as one of the three finalists for the 2020-21 NBA season’s Most Valuable Player award. The Denver Nuggets star fittingly ended the season with a crazy, 4-year record that has to be further proof for how much he deserves said award. Jokic has once again led Denver in points, […]

The last time Nikola Jokic faced the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Playoffs, the Denver Nuggets got bounced out in seven grueling games. A lot has changed since 2019, especially for the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic is now an MVP favorite. Jamal Murray is unavailable due to a season-ending injury. Michael Porter Jr. is looking […]

With the NBA playoffs just a few days away, the league has officially released the list of finalists for this season’s individual awards. There aren’t too many surprises here. Most of the names included on the lists have long been expected. The coveted NBA Most Valuable Player Award will feature Nikola Jokic of the Denver […]

The NBA MVP debate has been raging for a while now. While some think Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the obvious choice, there have been plenty of other names tossed around in the debate, including Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry. Curry gained a lot of momentum […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are set to take on the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. It should be a solid matchup as both teams tend to play well against each other. This series will have a plethora of star power as well, as Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, and Jusuf Nurkic […]

The first-round series between the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers will be an exciting one for the mere fact that it features Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Michael Porter Jr. and CJ McCollum–some of the hottest players right now heading into the postseason. However, the reality is the Nuggets are the better team–as they […]

Though the Portland Trail Blazers are the weaker team on paper, NBA fans know how upsets are very much possible in the NBA Playoffs. Nikola Jokic has been the main man for the Denver Nuggets for the past few years. However, Nuggets coach Mike Malone will be missing the services of Jamal Murray. The Trail […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is poised to win the 2020-21 season MVP award, and if he does end up getting the honor, he would be matching a Kobe Bryant record set some 13 years ago. According to Hoops Hype, Jokic would be the first player to win the MVP plum without missing a single […]

Right now, the MVP race has become a two-horse race between Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. For Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, however, he seems to believe that he too should have been in the running had it not been for one key factor. LeBron […]

While almost everyone is already giving Nikola Jokic the MVP award, Golden State Warriors star  Stephen Curry comes saying “hold up.” After a brilliant performance over the past few weeks that has propelled the Warriors to the play-in tournament as the eighth seed, Curry received the Player of the Month honor for the Western Conference. […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has made it clear – he’s not planning on ducking any opponent, not even if that’s LeBron James and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Play-In games have the entire NBA universe scrambling to figure out seeding possibilities. With just a couple of games left in the season, you’d […]

The Denver Nuggets went into Minnesota on Thursday and handled business against the Timberwolves to the tune of a 114-103 final score. As the regular season winds down and the Nuggets are secured into the postseason, head coach Mike Malone decided to tinker with his starting lineup. For the first time since acquiring him at […]

The NBA MVP race has become a back-and-forth battle between two phenomenal centers. While Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is the favorite to win the trophy, the potential runner-up, Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia Sixers, will use the possible defeat (if it happens) to motivate him going forward. In an interview with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, […]

There has been a lot of chatter with regards to this year’s NBA MVP race. For a good chunk of the season, several players took their respective turns atop the MVP ladder. Philadelphia 76ers Joel Embiid is having an MVP-caliber season. Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has been on a massive tear as of […]

The Denver Nuggets are blessed to have a player like Nikola Jokic. The Serbian has been a gift that keeps on giving this season for Denver, which is bound for the playoffs again. Despite the crazy exploits this season of players like Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, the fantastic play of Philadelphia 76ers […]

Without Jamal Murray in the fold, the Denver Nuggets’ championship hopes might be in jeopardy. After all, Murray was instrumental in the team’s impressive playoff campaign last season–which included back-to-back 3-1 comebacks. The Nuggets still have Nikola Jokic, who’s having another MVP-caliber year. It’s safe to expect him to bring his A-game night in and […]

The Denver Nuggets head over to the south to face off against the Charlotte Hornets. Both teams are making final efforts to raise their rankings for the postseason. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Nuggets-Hornets prediction and pick. The Nuggets currently reside in fourth place in the Western Conference. With […]

Russell Westbrook just became the triple-double king by surpassing Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson for the most triple-doubles in NBA history. Albeit coming in a tough 1-point loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, the Washington Wizards star notched career triple-double no. 182 to take his spot atop the record books. With the way he […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant knows greatness when he sees one, and he also knows there are a lot of incredible players in the league like Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. After the Nets’ brilliant 125-119 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, Durant didn’t hold back in showing his admiration […]

Nikola Jokic is the MVP of the 2020-21 NBA season. With the number of games left being countable on one hand, the vote should pretty much be unanimous for the Denver Nuggets star. However, that hasn’t stopped some talking heads from dictating otherwise and that the trophy actually belongs to someone else.  Nikola Jokic’s MVP […]

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets took on the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night and it was an opportunity for the Nets to test their mettle against the current frontrunner for the MVP title in Nikola Jokic. KD put his stamp on the game early on with an emphatic fastbreak slam, which wisely, Jokic decided […]

Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic is not letting his fellow Nikola to be disrespected. After Fox Sports analyst Nick Wright disrespected Nikola Jokic’s MVP credentials, Vucevic fired back and defended the Denver Nuggets superstar. Wright claimed that if Jokic wins the award, he’ll be the worst MVP since Dave Cowens “in almost 50 years.” He […]

Right now, Nikola Jokic is the clear frontrunner for the season’s NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The Denver Nuggets superstar has arguably been the best player in the NBA throughout the course of the season, and by the looks of it, his effort will be rewarded in the MVP race by the end of the […]

In an era dominated by explosive point guards and versatile wings, it seemed unlikely that the prototypical big man would go and dominate the NBA once more. Gone are the days of lumbering centers who can only score and rebound from the post. But while everyone else has abandoned the traditional role of tall basketball […]

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray appropriately dismissed the opinion of Fox Sports 1 “analyst” Nick Wright, who dropped one of the coldest takes in, let’s say, 35 years on Thursday about Nikola Jokic and the NBA MVP race. On First Things First, Wright revealed his personal MVP rankings, which had Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul in […]

It has never been too big of FOX analyst Nick Wright to spout off some absolutely egregious NBA take. He had another one Thursday afternoon regarding Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. Wright gave his latest MVP ladder during the First Things First program, during which he claimed Jokic would be the worst MVP the league […]

Nikola Jokic did his usual work on Wednesday by leading the Denver Nuggets to a victory over the New York Knicks. Apart from producing more MVP numbers, he also surprised many by dunking the ball four times. This seemed like a landmark achievement for him. So much so that he concocted a name. In the […]

Julius Randle was beside himself after the New York Knicks got embarrassed when they visited the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. The Knicks got their faces punched right off the bat by Nikola Jokic and the rest of the home squad as they were up by as many as 22 points in the opening quarter. The […]

Stop the MVP debate: Denver Nuggets guard Austin Rivers just crowned his teammate Nikola Jokic as the 2020-21 NBA MVP. On Wednesday, Jokic was again MVP-like with another incredible showing against the New York Knicks. Obviously, Rivers took notice and he wants us all to stop discussing whether Jokic deserves the accolade or not. “He’s […]

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic just gave the New York Knicks the warmest of welcomes in the Mile High City. On Wednesday, the league’s leading MVP candidate put up monster numbers in the opening quarter to outscore the entire Knicks roster. Denver was off to a hot start and Jokic was firing from all cylinders. […]

Former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl likened current Nuggets center and leading MVP candidate Nikola Jokic to another former MVP. Karl, who coached the Nuggets from 2005 to 2013, called Jokic this era’s version of San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan: Jokic is the modern era Tim Duncan. And that’s a helluva player to […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is asking NBA fans and pundits to put more respect on Marc Gasol’s name. Jokic lauded the veteran center following the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the Nuggets on Monday night. He pointed out the fact Gasol–who has mostly been a reserve option for L.A. as of late–has plenty of […]

Amid the ongoing race for playoff seedings, Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic kept it real when asked whether or not his team would want to face LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the postseason. The MVP frontrunner claimed that his team would embrace the challenge of playing against […]

The New York Knicks have raised not a few eyebrows this season for their improved play. For a number of fans and experts, Julius Randle is the one responsible for bringing the winning culture back into the franchise. For his efforts, teammate Taj Gibson believes Randle is one of the season’s MVP contenders. Per Mike […]

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray thinks it’s downright foolish people are still debating who deserves the 2020-21 NBA MVP Award. Murray’s teammate Nikola Jokic would seem to be the clear favorite. But longtime NBA center and current analyst Kendrick Perkins feels otherwise. Perkins tweeted Monday he felt Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul should be […]

Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray may not be seeing action on the floor due to his season-ending injury but he still found ways to make an impact on the team off the court. According to his teammate in Michael Porter Jr., the sidelined playmaker sent a motivating message for the team as they head […]

While Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic doesn’t have the typical build for a superstar, he is one of the top players in the league. However, Jokic admitted to Rachel Nichols of ESPN that he was the “worst-conditioned” player when he came into the league. Over time, though, he has vastly improved his conditioning and is now […]

Adversity can truly bring out the best in some people. Take for instance Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and his signature move, the Sombor Shuffle.  Due to an ankle injury, Jokic had to find other ways to get his shot off, and so the Sombor Shuffle was born. The move is so difficult to defend […]