It’s about defense. Floor burns. 50-50 balls. Helping to lighten the load for Nikola Jokic, who’s more than capable of dragging this roster up a mountain again, if he has to. He shouldn’t.

How journaling helped Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. handle anxiety surrounding injury, contract “I always looked at that brace as a downfall,” Michael Porter Jr. said before the NBA Finals.

It’s about defense. Floor burns. 50-50 balls. Helping to lighten the load for Nikola Jokic, who’s more than capable of dragging this roster up a mountain again, if he has to. He shouldn’t.

Tim Connelly isn’t tossing chips to center of the poker table anymore. He’s pushing gold bricks. Connelly, the Nuggets’ president of basketball operations, has committed to roughly $115 million over ...