The Denver Nuggets have a healthy squad that is led by the reigning two-time Kia NBA MVP of the NBA, so expectations are sky high.
Jamal Murray, who is now the reigning two-time Kia NBA MVP, saw his buddy out in the open and swiftly yelled for him to come over.
On Monday, during media day for the Denver Nuggets, the point guard called out to Nikola Jokic as he made his way toward a fruit dish, saying, “Grab me a grape.”
Jokic has now registered his first assist of the new campaign with the pass.
Jokic will have his supporting cast back and healthy this season, and Murray will feel “night and day” better after missing all of last year as he healed from an ACL injury. Jokic will have his supporting cast back and healthy this season. As well as Michael Porter Jr., who had a back injury that kept him from playing more than nine games in the previous season.
Even though they aren’t saying it publicly, the Nuggets have high expectations for this season thanks to the acquisition of high-energy guard Bones Hyland, the signing of veteran power forward Bruce Brown, and the trade for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Even though they aren’t saying it publicly, they have high aspirations.
“We know what we want to accomplish,” said Brown, whose team will start training camp on Tuesday in San Diego. “We know what we want to do.” “So it doesn’t need to be spoken.”
Jokic, who inked a supermax deal over the summer, serves as the catalyst for everything that happens in the middle. He is attempting to win the Most Valuable Player award for three consecutive years in a row, which would put him in the same class as stars like as Larry Bird, Bill Russell, and Wilt Chamberlain.
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The Nuggets have their sights set on him improving in a number of areas, including his verbal game.
Michael Malone, the head coach of the Nuggets, said that “everyone is waiting for him to say something.” “And every time he does it, it has a significant effect.”
According to Jokic, the silent leader has aspirations of being the “Tim Duncan of the Denver Nuggets.” “But in order for me to be him, I need to win a few titles.”
He has the support of the group to carry out the mission.
After completing the trade that brought Aaron Gordon to the Nuggets in March 2021, the team quickly demonstrated what it was capable of doing with a starting lineup that included Gordon, Murray, Porter, and Jokic. They had a record of 4-1 until Murray suffered an ACL injury against Golden State. After undergoing yet another treatment on his back, the outside threat Porter was lost to them during the previous season.
Gordon, whose club was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs the previous year by the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors, said, “I’m wanting to create a connection with that.” “It’s going to be good to figure out… the flow of the game and who gets what, where and when, the how and why – we still need to bring all of those things together. ” It’s going to be a good time.”
Especially considering how much more like his former self Murray is starting to appear.
“He’s regained that sense of self-assurance. Malone said that he could tell that he had regained his swagger. It has been entertaining to see him play in our gym with such self-assurance while simultaneously making chirping noises.
Murray is not getting his hopes up about his comeback at all. The Nuggets have not seen the postseason version of Murray, who had two scoring streaks of 50 points or more in 2020 when the Nuggets advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals.
“I’ve been taking it one day at a time, and everybody’s constantly asking me what it’s going to look like in two months from now,” she said. “I’ve been taking it one day at a time.” “I have no idea,” Murray said. “I’m heading in the correct direction.”
The same goes with Porter.
“I would say that it simply takes time to get over injuries in order to have pleasure in the game again, no discomfort or anything like that,” stated Porter. “Now that I’m on the other side of it, I can say that it feels fantastic. I’m in this place right now, and there are no constraints on what I can accomplish. I can hardly wait!”
In July, the Nuggets made a trade with Washington in which they sent Monte Morris and Will Barton in exchange for Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith. Caldwell-Pope is excited to work with Jokic, who is famous for his no-look passes, and the two are looking forward to the opportunity.
Caldwell-Pope joked that she would always be watching him and would not let her guard down.
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