The Denver Nuggets are going to need some players to step up in the 2023-24 season if they are going to defend their title and repeat as champions. Right now, they have six players locked into guaranteed roles and at least another four who will be vying for a prominent role in the rotation.
Fastbreak Bets Over/Under 227.5 (-110) AG under 5.5 Rebs (+115) Jokic Over 9.5 Asts (-105) What are your expectations for the rotation Do you expect the
Zeke Nnaji is coming off a year where he appeared in 53 regular season games for the Denver Nuggets. The 22-year-old averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds
The new contract includes a player option for the final season. Nnaji will earn $4,306,281 this year before the extension begins in 2024-25.
Nnaji will remain sidelined due to a right shoulder sprain until at least mid-March.
It’s just one game, sure—and it’s really only one half—and it goes against the whole Nikola Jokic thesis to put too much weight into a prime-time TV showdown in January. But something important was on display when his Denver Nuggets lost a road game to a highly galvanized Philadelphia 76ers team, behind Joel Embiid’s 47-point performance.
The Denver Nuggets are in a great place overall. A 33-14 record, led by two-time MVP Nikola Jokić, a resurgent Jamal Murray, and a repurposed Aaron Gordon, has positioned the Nuggets at the top of the Western Conference.
During the fourth quarter of Friday night’s 120-107 victory against the Trail Blazers, Nuggets power forward Jeff Green sprained his left finger and fractured his left hand, the team has announced (Twitter link). Denver notes that Green is set to have his hand reassessed in four weeks.
Today marks 40 days until the beginning of the 2022-23 NBA season. In preparation for the most anticipated year in Denver Nuggets franchise history, Ryan Blackburn is asking and answering 20 burning questions facing the Nuggets prior to Media Day on Monday, September 26th.
Through the first two seasons of his career, Zeke Nnaji is still trying to find his niche. The Denver Nuggets selected Nnaji with the 22nd pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
The Nuggets have exercised their third-year team option on Zeke Nnaji‘s rookie scale contract,
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