The Denver Nuggets head into the 2025-26 season with familiar aspirations: a 50-plus win campaign, Nikola Jokić in MVP form, and another deep postseason run. It’s become the new normal in Denver, sustained excellence underpinned by one of the league’s most unique superstars. But after an offseason where the Nuggets retooled their rotation, bolstered their bench, and reasserted their identity as a franchise built around continuity and intelligence, this year carries a slightly different tone.

The hottest prediction surrounding the Mile High City this season is that the Denver Nuggets will either top the Western Conference or finish narrowly behind the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder. After years of floating in the upper-middle tier of the standings, Denver finally looks

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