Michael Porter Jr. didn’t feel like playing basketball on Sunday. The news of Kobe Bryant’s death had filtered through the Nuggets locker room only about an hour before Denver was set to take on the Houston Rockets. It left Porter and his teammates devastated. The tragedy was stunning. Bryant, a hero to many on the Nuggets and throughout the league,…...

I’ll never forget the look of shock and disbelief on Jamal Murray’s face. Forty-five minutes before the Nuggets tipped off against the Houston Rockets, he learned that Kobe Bryant was among nine people killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Nuggets director of player development John Beckett approached Murray, who didn’t play Sunday but was going through his…

Like a bird stalking its prey, Torrey Craig slowly closed in on James Harden while the league’s leading scorer turned towards the basket and surveyed the floor. As Craig began to venture further and further away from Russell Westbrook, who he was matched up with this Rockets’ trip down the court and towards Houston’s top offensive option, Harden’s eyes darted…...

“The List” is a series that serves as a companion piece for the “Notebook” episodes of the Locked on Nuggets podcast and the DNVR Nuggets podcast. In this edition, I share some notes on the win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. 1. Before the game, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone talked about Jamal Murray’s aggressiveness from the three-point…

The DNBA show is a brand new, weekly series on the Denver Nuggets. Adam Mares, Brendan Vogt, and Harrison Wind mix humor and analysis for a unique NBA show that covers a wide variety of topics over five segments, like if this is the most talented Nuggets team ever assembled and who are the easiest and hardest playoff matchups for…

The changes at the top of the Western Conference that took place this offseason have Torrey Craig dreaming big. “We definitely think a championship could be a possibility,” Craig told DNVR. “Last year we were one shot away, one game away from the Western Conference Finals where we would have matched up with Golden State. Obviously, they don’t have Kevin…...

Wind and Clark break down the Nuggets’ loss to the Rockets, what worked for Denver in the first quarter and how the Nuggets guarded James Harden throughout Thursday evening. Can Denver take anything away from how they held the MVP candidate in check over the first 12 minutes? Also, what’s behind the Nuggets’ uncharacteristic offensive performances over their last three…

The Nuggets don’t typically have to worry about their offense as long as Nikola Jokic is in the lineup. But that hasn’t been the case over Denver’s last three outings, and the Nuggets’ lack of offensive execution continued in Houston. The Rockets pummeled the Nuggets Thursday 112-85. James Harden (38 points on 10-22 shooting, 5-11 from three) navigated a Nuggets’…...

Wind and Clark go over their final thoughts from the Nuggets’ win over the Pistons, discuss when Denver will look to rest players down the stretch and look ahead to Thursday’s matchup against the Rockets. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! iTunes link | Stitcher Link | Pocket Casts Link | Spotify Link

Wind recaps Denver’s two wins from over the weekend against the Rockets and Timberwolves and what it means to have both Nikola Jokic and Michael Malone representing the Nuggets at All-Star weekend.

Michael Malone hasn’t had much time to take a step back and reflect on his team's road to the top of the Western Conference amidst the Nuggets’ hectic January, where Denver played 16 games in 30 days.

The Nuggets have tried everything imaginable to stop James Harden. They’ve switched, doubled and played him straight up. None of it has worked. Going into Friday’s national TV showdown, they’d lost nine straight games to The Beard and Co. The Nuggets finally found a winning formula Friday, though: shoot so well, playing defense becomes irrelevant. Denver singed the nets on…...

Wind previews Danilo Gallinari’s return to Denver and what the Nuggets’ loss in Houston and win in Miami revealed about this team’s makeup. Also, will the defense reverse its recent slide? And why the Nuggets have been so good late in games this season.

To help you hear what we hear, BSN Denver is uploading uncut audio after Nuggets games this season. Here’s what was said by Michael Malone, Gary Harris, Jamal Murray, Monte Morris, Paul Millsap and Nikola Jokic following Denver’s 125-113 loss to the Houston Rockets....

One area the Nuggets excelled in last season was not letting rough patches snowball. Three games was the longest losing skid the 2017-18 Nuggets incurred, a point of pride for head coach Michael Malone....

Wind and Clark discuss the Western Conference playoff contenders not named the Denver Nuggets and what will determine if each team reaches their respective ceilings and floors for next season. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! iTunes link | Stitcher Link | Pocket Casts Link

Wind and Clark rank the top-20 players in the NBA and discuss where Nikola Jokic falls among a strong group of centers. Also, who has the potential to take the title of “best player in the league” from LeBron James?

Rundown

3:30 – Ranking the top-20 players

15:00 – Ranking Nikola Jokic

26:30 – Ranking the centers

39:30 – Who takes the mantle from LeBron as “best player in the league”?

Wind and Clark recap the Denver Nuggets Sunday night loss to the Houston Rockets, gush over James Harden’s exceptional night and discuss what went wrong in the latest installment of Denver-Houston.

Rundown

1:00 – The MVP shows up

4:00 – Nuggets on an island

9:00 – Not a typical Nuggets’ offensive night

16:00 – Playoff projections

21:00 – Harden’s foul-drawing

26:00 – Maik Beasley sees extended minutes

30:00 – Devin Harris still trying to find his footing

32:00 – Millsap update and how the rotation could change

36:00 – Future starting five with Millsap

DENVER — The Nuggets are 4-4 this season against the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs — the second and third-best teams in the Western Conference. However, against the Houston Rockets — the top dog in the wild west, who are proving to be the Nuggets’ kryptonite this season — Denver is 0-3. The Nuggets latest loss was a…...