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[BSLChrisStoner]

The Ringer: Nikola Jokic Has Reshaped the MVP Conversation  

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• Agent: Gordon, Nuggets agree to $92M extension

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The Ringer: Michael Porter Jr. Will Get His Moment … If He’s Ready for It

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• Jokic logs 6th triple-double in January to top Pels

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CBS Sports: Jamal Murray injury update: Nuggets star guard's return this season is 50-50, per report

https://www.cbssport...-50-per-report/

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The Ringer: Has Denver Found the Right Balance to Make a Finals Run?

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CBS Sports: For title-contending Nuggets, reincorporating Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. isn't as easy as it sounds

https://www.cbssport...y-as-it-sounds/

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• Sources: Veteran Jackson to Nuggets after buyout

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• Malone on Nuggets' slump: Maybe we got 'soft'

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The Ringer: The Nuggets Weren’t Just Built to Win. They Were Built to Last.

[Mike B]

The Ringer: The Nuggets Weren’t Just Built to Win. They Were Built to Last.

The Nuggets have the Spurs feeling too them.  They have 2 superstars surrounded by good players who fit the role.  They also seem to be eyeing the future with current players and by adding draft capital.  They have a good front office, a real good coach and young superstars.  They were fun to watch and the best may be yet to come.

[mweb08]

Jokic is amazing. That's all.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

What a horrible Finals. Betting on it couldnt even make it interesting.

[mweb08]

What a horrible Finals. Betting on it couldnt even make it interesting.

Well it obviously wasn't the most competitive Finals, but Jokic and the Nuggets play a very entertaining and pure form of basketball. Plus Spo is an excellent coach so I enjoyed the chess match.

Storyline wise, not so great to be sure, though. Also no rooting against the big bad to spark interest.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

To be fair Bos-Den wouldnt have been much more entertaining either. But the Heat def dragged it down IMO. The Nuggets and Jokic in particular are fun.

[mweb08]

The Heat weren't a Finals caliber team imo so that part is fair.

[BSLMikeLowe]

This is not a slight on Denver or trying to diminish their title, but I can't remember a team winning it all facing an 8-seed, 4-seed, 7-seed and finishing with another 8-seed.

[mweb08]

This is not a slight on Denver or trying to diminish their title, but I can't remember a team winning it all facing an 8-seed, 4-seed, 7-seed and finishing with another 8-seed.

The Lakers and Heat were clearly much better in the playoffs than their seeds would otherwise suggest. These playoffs were much more wide open than usual though.

[mweb08]

A little rant: I had Jokic at 20-1 to outscore Butler each game and I had some conviction behind this bet. So why this is a rant is because this probably should have hit. Game 4 was the only game Butler outscored Jokic and it was by 2 points; however, this was largely due to 2 things along with a poor shooting game by Jokic: BS foul calls against Jokic that cost him like 6 minutes of PT down the stretch and the freaking rim becoming crooked which allowed Butler to take his rest while they fixed it and then play the entire rest of the game.