Denver Nuggets – Hoops Habit https://hoopshabit.com NBA News, Rumors, Analysis, Opinion and Stats Thu, 25 Aug 2022 02:43:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.20 Can Nikola Jokic win a third straight MVP with the Denver Nuggets? https://hoopshabit.com/2022/08/16/can-jokic-win-third-mvp-denver-nuggets/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/08/16/can-jokic-win-third-mvp-denver-nuggets/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:00:25 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=447677 Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic will enter next season as the reigning two-time MVP and has a chance to do something only three players have ever done. Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird are currently the only players to ever win three straight MVPs, and winning another would put Jokic in elite company. It’s […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/08/16/can-jokic-win-third-mvp-denver-nuggets/feed/ 0 This rogue Denver Nuggets starting lineup will tempt Michael Malone https://hoopshabit.com/2022/07/08/denver-nuggets-michael-malone/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/07/08/denver-nuggets-michael-malone/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:00:39 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=446738 The Denver Nuggets are heading for a season in which everything could come together. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic will finally be accompanied by a healthy Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. Factor in newly-acquired stoppers Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown joining defensive stalwart Aaron Gordon, and suddenly the 2022-23 squad has deep playoff potential. Most […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/07/08/denver-nuggets-michael-malone/feed/ 0 NBA Trades: 2 Michael Porter Jr. trades for the Denver Nuggets to consider https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/21/nba-trades-michael-porter-jr-denver-nuggets/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/21/nba-trades-michael-porter-jr-denver-nuggets/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:00:39 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=446159 In a recent article, Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report detailed five of his boldest offseason predictions. One of the five was that the Denver Nuggets will trade Michael Porter Jr. Through his four NBA seasons, Porter has appeared in only 125 games. He missed his entire first season and has yet to play in more […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/21/nba-trades-michael-porter-jr-denver-nuggets/feed/ 0 5 roster moves the Denver Nuggets need to make this offseason https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/16/moves-denver-nuggets-offseason/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/16/moves-denver-nuggets-offseason/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:00:03 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=445892 The 2021-22 season was always going to be a struggle for the Denver Nuggets. They were going to be without their borderline superstar point guard Jamal Murray thanks to his knee injury and the league was now able to focus more on Nikola Jokic after he won the MVP award for the 2020-21 season. Well, […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/06/16/moves-denver-nuggets-offseason/feed/ 0 Exit Survey: 3 goals for the wounded Denver Nuggets https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/12/exit-survey-denver-nuggets/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/12/exit-survey-denver-nuggets/#respond Thu, 12 May 2022 12:00:17 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=444788 If there’s one thing you can see about the Denver Nuggets, it is that their season went pretty much as everybody predicted it to. The knee injury to Jamal Murray during last year’s postseason run meant this year was always going to be a bit of a lost one. That’s not to say it was […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/12/exit-survey-denver-nuggets/feed/ 0 Nikola Jokic won MVP over Joel Embiid and it does not matter at all https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/09/nikola-jokic-joel-embiid-mvp/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/09/nikola-jokic-joel-embiid-mvp/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 19:00:25 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=444890 Nikola Jokic won the 2022 NBA MVP. Philadelphia 76ers fans are very mad. The MVP race came down to three players this year – Jokic, Joel Embiid, and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Although, through the last two months of the season, it felt like only Jokic and Embiid had a chance. Twitter blew up in a fit of […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/09/nikola-jokic-joel-embiid-mvp/feed/ 0 DeMarcus Cousins could be the NBA’s next great renaissance story https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/05/demarcus-cousins-renaissance-story/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/05/demarcus-cousins-renaissance-story/#respond Thu, 05 May 2022 12:00:40 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=444649 While we marvel at the longevity of LeBron James and other NBA superstars, for some, resisting father time is a much more complicated and arduous process. We regularly see reality set in far quicker than expected for former All-Stars, setting in motion a cycle of events in relation to a player’s reputation around the league […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/05/demarcus-cousins-renaissance-story/feed/ 0 The Denver Nuggets are dark-horse NBA title contenders https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/17/denver-nuggets-dark-horse/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/17/denver-nuggets-dark-horse/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:00:45 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=443212 The Denver Nuggets are once again having a solid season. They currently have a record of 42-28, putting them at sixth in the Western Conference. But how can a six seed make a run in the very competitive western conference? This is how. First, it’s important to point out that the Nuggets have been injured […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/17/denver-nuggets-dark-horse/feed/ 0 Nikola Jokic could be set to make unfortunate NBA history https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/15/nikola-jokic-nba-history/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/15/nikola-jokic-nba-history/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:00:08 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=443139 Nikola Jokic is having an MVP season, yet again. The Serbian center is posting eye-popping counting stats with 26.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 8.1 assists per game, making him the only NBA player in the top ten of each category. He also tops just about every advanced statistic one can find, on top of leading […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/15/nikola-jokic-nba-history/feed/ 0 Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. make the Nuggets title contenders https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/04/jamal-murray-michael-porter-jr-nuggets/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/04/jamal-murray-michael-porter-jr-nuggets/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:00:32 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=442656 Nikola Jokic might just be the best player in the NBA. The reigning MVP is doing things on a nightly basis that other players around the league could only dream of doing. His combination of size, basketball IQ, passing ability, and shot-making makes him a top-five player in the league, at the bare minimum. He’s […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/03/04/jamal-murray-michael-porter-jr-nuggets/feed/ 0 DeMarcus Cousins provides hope for Denver Nuggets bench https://hoopshabit.com/2022/01/28/demarcus-cousins-denver-nuggets-bencg/ https://hoopshabit.com/2022/01/28/demarcus-cousins-denver-nuggets-bencg/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:00:48 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=441304 In a bumpy, up-and-down season, the Denver Nuggets have turned their hopes from lofty visions of grandeur to simply staying alive. The goal isn’t necessarily attaining a top-two seed like in past years, but rather grabbing a favorable enough position to make a strong postseason push. Without stars Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., Nuggets […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2022/01/28/demarcus-cousins-denver-nuggets-bencg/feed/ 0 How Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are winning with defense https://hoopshabit.com/2021/11/11/jokic-denver-nuggets-defense/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/11/11/jokic-denver-nuggets-defense/#respond Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:00:57 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=437843 When you think of the Denver Nuggets, you likely think of Nikola Jokic slinging no-look dimes, Jamal Murray dropping bombs from outside, and Michael Porter Jr. rising up for a smooth mid-range over a hapless defender’s outstretched hands. Well, Murray’s been out with a torn ACL and MPJ was playing poorly even before his most […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/11/11/jokic-denver-nuggets-defense/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: What first-round pick Bones Hyland brings DEN https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/29/denver-nuggets-bones-hyland/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/29/denver-nuggets-bones-hyland/#respond Fri, 30 Jul 2021 03:22:18 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=433542 Mike Malone and the Denver Nuggets should be celebrating in the Mile High City after selecting Bones Hyland in the 2021 NBA Draft. The former VCU guard was considered to be one of the sleepers of the draft with tremendous upside. When it came to the 26th overall pick, Denver turned in the card, and […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/29/denver-nuggets-bones-hyland/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: 4 offseason roster moves they need to make https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/27/denver-nuggets-5-roster-moves/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/27/denver-nuggets-5-roster-moves/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:00:12 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=433096 The Denver Nuggets had another really good season in 2020-21 finishing third in the Western Conference behind the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns. They did this on the back of the MVP season had by Nikola Jokic. Jokic, the 41st pick in the 2014 draft averaged 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 1.3 steals, […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/27/denver-nuggets-5-roster-moves/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Case for keeping perspective…and Michael Porter Jr. https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/14/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-4/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/14/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-4/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:06:09 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=432379 The Denver Nuggets fell in the second round to the Phoenix Suns. Denver didn’t have anything resembling its healthy backcourt. And now Phoenix has a 2-1 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals. Is it possible, in a world without Jamal Murray and facing a significantly hobbled core, to give this team a break […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/07/14/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-4/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic can’t stop at just winning MVP https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/24/denver-nuggets-nikola-jokic-mvp/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/24/denver-nuggets-nikola-jokic-mvp/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:00:25 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=431092 Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the 2020-21 NBA Most Valuable Player. It’s the most prestigious individual award in the NBA and other major sports. Simply put, this is a substantial achievement for Jokic. But it gets more impressive. The 6’11” center was drafted by the Nuggets with the 41st pick in the 2014 draft. When […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/24/denver-nuggets-nikola-jokic-mvp/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Lineups and identities for 2021-22 title run https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/23/denver-nuggets-lineups-2021-22-title-run/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/23/denver-nuggets-lineups-2021-22-title-run/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:00:19 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=431149 The Denver Nuggets 2020-21 season featured the juxtaposition of its improbable, short-handed first-round dispatching of the Portland Trail Blazers…and a four-game collapse at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. The former afforded the opportunity to bid Jusuf Nurkic a good summer. But the latter left a bad taste. Because ultimately, despite an MVP season from […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/23/denver-nuggets-lineups-2021-22-title-run/feed/ 0 NBA Playoff Obituary: Denver Nuggets go out with a bang https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/14/nba-playoff-obituary-denver-nuggets/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/14/nba-playoff-obituary-denver-nuggets/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:30:02 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=430664 Now that the season has come to an end for the Denver Nuggets, it is time to write the obituary for the 2020-2021 season that was. Looking back on each team that made the playoffs will give a chance to look at what went right and what went wrong. It will also allow us to look […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/14/nba-playoff-obituary-denver-nuggets/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Why the Phoenix Suns are a different kind of storm https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/10/denver-nuggets-phoenix-suns-storm/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/10/denver-nuggets-phoenix-suns-storm/#respond Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:00:16 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=430350 With just a few ticks under nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Monday’s Game 1 contest between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets, Chris Paul had the ball in his hands amidst a personal heater. On the previous three Suns’ possessions, he’d scored two of his trademark fading pullups and a floater […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/10/denver-nuggets-phoenix-suns-storm/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: 3 crucial goals for their playoff run https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/01/denver-nuggets-3-goals-nba-playoff/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/01/denver-nuggets-3-goals-nba-playoff/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:00:04 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=429833 The Denver Nuggets have had a difficult end to the season. They lost Jamal Murray to a torn ACL, meaning that a lot of the pressure of the offense fell to MVP candidate Nikola Jokic. He was able to help guide the Nuggets to the third seed in the Western Conference. In fact, this season […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/06/01/denver-nuggets-3-goals-nba-playoff/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: The NBA playoffs are Michael Porter Jr.’s time to shine https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/22/denver-nuggets-nba-playoffs-porter/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/22/denver-nuggets-nba-playoffs-porter/#respond Sat, 22 May 2021 17:00:12 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=429311 Michael Porter Jr. has had an eventful tenure in his two years as an active player with the Denver Nuggets. Last season as a rookie, he earned his way into head coach Mike Malone’s rotation as the year wore on, truly coming into his own in the NBA bubble once the league ended its COVID-induced […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/22/denver-nuggets-nba-playoffs-porter/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: The MVP “debate” is rooted in boredom https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/20/denver-nuggets-mvp-debate/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/20/denver-nuggets-mvp-debate/#respond Thu, 20 May 2021 19:00:52 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=429088 When the Denver Nuggets social media department decided to ask its team’s Twitter following who their favorite Nugget of all time was, they briefly set the timeline ablaze. The ire wasn’t exactly directed at the question they were asking with this Oct. 20 tweet as much as it was directed at the image they designed […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/20/denver-nuggets-mvp-debate/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Key battlegrounds in postseason matchup https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/19/denver-nuggets-key-battlegrounds-matchup/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/19/denver-nuggets-key-battlegrounds-matchup/#respond Wed, 19 May 2021 17:00:57 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=428845 After an exciting final stretch in which multiple squads tried to…lose, the Denver Nuggets will face the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, a tight matchup that could break in either team’s favor. Many believe the Dallas Mavericks were Denver’s best target opponent, however, a certain West Coast team tanked multiple games to cellar […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/19/denver-nuggets-key-battlegrounds-matchup/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr. is no third wheel, he’s a second star https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/05/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-3/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/05/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-3/#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 15:00:25 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=428022 In some ways, the Denver Nuggets have had a Game Night of a season. That’s a film from 2018, a comedy-mystery that stars Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons, and a plethora of other funny Hollywood folks. Its gist: a group of friends gets together somewhat frequently for game night – shocking – which they […]

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]]> https://hoopshabit.com/2021/05/05/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-3/feed/ 0 Denver Nuggets: Why signing Austin Rivers was a necessary move https://hoopshabit.com/2021/04/26/denver-nuggets-signing-austin-rivers/ https://hoopshabit.com/2021/04/26/denver-nuggets-signing-austin-rivers/#respond Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:12:16 +0000 http://hoopshabit.com/?p=427592 Austin Rivers finally found a new home with the Denver Nuggets with a 10-day contract. To jog your memory, Rivers was part of the three-team trade between the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Oklahoma City Thunder. The trade package involved: After completing the trade, Rivers was immediately waived by the Thunder so that he’d […]

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