Safe to say, this Denver Nuggets season is not going according to plan.
Sitting sixth in the West at 13-10 entering play on Sunday, Denver hasn’t won more than two in a row in over a month and look short of being true title contenders. Most recently, Nikola Jokic dropping 56 points, 16 rebounds, and eight assists wasn’t enough to prevent a loss to the league-worst Wizards. Bear in mind, Washington had lost 16 straight games entering that contest.
Jokic is having another monstrous season, second in the league in points at 31.5 per game, second in rebounds at 13.3, and second in assists at 9.8. Yet, it seems to be one that may get lost in history because Jamal Murray doesn’t seem to have the same bounce to his step, the youth that Denver has tried to bring along in Peyton Watson and Julian Strawther are still marinating, making the losses of Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope over the last two summers all…
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