Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world, but the Denver Nuggets have been bleeding talent around him ever since he led the franchise to its first ever championship in 2023. The Nuggets that opened the 2024-25 season on Thursday night looked nothing like the team that raised a banner only 15 months ago.

The Denver Nuggets dropped their season opener to the OKC Thunder on Thursday. It was not an encouraging performance for the Nuggets, who scored just 87 points in a rough offensive showing. The three-point shooting was especially poor for Denver,

The Nuggets missed 32 of 39 shots from 3-point range in their season-opener. Michael Malone isn’t alarmed by a one-game sample. But Nikola Jokic was blunt about the reality of their

In recent years, Nikola Jokic has had his minutes split between playing alongside co-star Jamal Murray and Denver's back-up point guard. He sounded open to spending more time

The Denver Nuggets and OKC Thunder will begin their NBA season on Thursday night. The top two seeds in the Western Conference last season will tip-off at 7:00 P

Interestingly, though, during the portion of Denver’s scrimmage that was open to reporters on Monday, Jokic played on a team with Westbrook, Strawther, Watson and Saric. Still, the 10th-year Nuggets coach wants to be conscientious of the rhythm he risks losing from Murray if he’s too frequent with his substitutions.