Ideally, the 2025-26 Denver Nuggets will be both fresh and familiar. This year's training camp will be David Adelman's first as their head coach, but his ninth since arriving in Denver as an assistant. Cam Johnson will take the starting small forward spot formerly occupied by Michael Porter Jr. , but the other four players will return to the same roles they had when they took the eventual champion Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in a second-round series that felt more like the conference finals. The new front office, led by Ben Tenzer, who is entering his 17th full season with the organization, added depth by signing several free agents, including Bruce Brown , who closed several playoff games for the Nuggets during their 2023 title run.

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