There are no awards given out during the offseason, but if there were, then the Denver Nuggets would be the frontrunner for the Most Improved Team award. The Nuggets' front office was on a heater to start the offseason, offloading Michael Porter Jr. and his onerous contract to bring in Cam Johnson (costing them just a 2032 first-round pick), trading away the washed-up Dario Saric in exchange for Jonas Valanciunas, and they also fortified the bench via free agency, most prominently with the addition of 2023 NBA champion Bruce Brown.
Considering how it was the Nuggets that gave the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder the biggest scare prior to the NBA Finals, adding key pieces around their talented quartet consisting of three-time MVP Nikola Jokic , Jamal Murray , Aaron Gordon,