Tag: nikola jokic
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Only one man has power to lure LeBron James to Nuggets
LeBron James joining the Nuggets would be fun, but there’s no way Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and ESPN will allow that to happen. – Patrick, howlin’ like the wolf Kiz: At age 41, with four NBA chips on his resume and a net worth on the filthy-rich side of $1 billion, King James is…
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Nuggets need to make a run at LeBron James | Vinny’s take
There’s one good reason the Nuggets are yet to make a move 24 hours into free agency. If LeBron James has any interest in playing his 24th NBA season in Denver, the Nuggets need to wait for James to make his call before going forward on other moves. James reportedly informed the Lakers he would…
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Denver Nuggets need to make run at LeBron James | Vinny’s take
There’s one good reason the Nuggets are yet to make a move 24 hours into free agency. If LeBron James has any interest in playing his 24th NBA season in Denver, the Nuggets need to wait for the King to make his call before making any other moves. James informed the Lakers he would be…
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Swapping Jamal Murray, Jaylen Brown doesn’t address Denver Nuggets’ needs | Vinny’s take
A trade built around a Jamal Murray-for-Jaylen Brown swap makes sense for Boston – not for Denver. Brown’s situation in Boston is bordering on untenable. Coming off a season where he led the Celtics to the two seed in the Eastern Conference as the team’s lone star for most of the season, the 29-year-old’s name…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why Nikola Jokic needs to get angry with Nuggets brass
Maybe Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic should move to another NBA team. — R., antsy in his pantsies Kiz: My only real complaint about Jokic? He’s too nice. The complacency afflicting the Nuggets that was decried by president Josh Kroenke after a disheartening exit from the NBA playoffs results in no small measure because Joker is…
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Denver Nuggets: Front office explains draft room chaos, cap strategy | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider As much as Jon Wallace and Ben Tenzer wanted to talk about the Nuggets’ pair of second-round draft picks, there were more pressing topics Wednesday night at Ball Arena. The Nuggets’ executive tandem wasn’t as eager…
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How the Denver Nuggets run a year-round global scouting process for the NBA draft
Scouting hardly stops for Scott Howard and Jim Clibanoff. The NBA draft starts with Tuesday’s first round and ends after Wednesday’s second round. Then, Howard, the Nuggets’ director of college scouting, is headed abroad. “Two days later, I leave to go to Turkey,” Howard told The Denver Gazette. While there might be time to sneak…
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What Chris Marlowe catchphrase will you miss most during Nuggets telecasts? | Friday Faceoff
Question: What Chris Marlowe catchphrase will you miss most during Nuggets telecasts? Mark Kiszla, sports columnist Answer: “That’s some Arkansas math!” We’ve all been listening to Chris Marlowe do play-by-play on Nuggets broadcasts since “Hector was a pup.” Who else would go all classic Greek mythology on us and reference the Iliad by Homer while…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets’ chronic injury woes are desperate cry for help
If it hurts the broken-down Nuggets to watch the NBA Finals from the sofa as much as it torments them to play basketball on the court, then shouldn’t Job 1 for Denver be painfully obvious? Heal thyself. Too often, this team’s starting five is in no shape to make a championship run. That’s more than…
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Mark Kiszla: Avs won’t win another Cup until somebody makes MacKinnon grow up
The Avalanche won’t ever get out of this rut if the NHL’s most talented team can’t find somebody to kick Nathan MacKinnon’s butt. Chris MacFarland, the ultimate hockey nerd, was never going to be the man to do that dirty work. So it’s just as well that C-Mac has moved on to Nashville, where the…