A few weeks after Caleb Martin joined the Miami Heat, he didn’t yet have much social capital with his teammates. But he had been a backup player for most of his career who knew that it was important to get along with the stars — and Jimmy Butler, a six-time All-Star and the team’s leading scorer, was unquestionably Miami’s
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About two miles from downtown Denver, the yellows, oranges and reds of a spray-painted mural fill the cracked, gray cement wall of a building that houses a temporary employment agency. The mural rises about 20 feet and depicts an expressionless Nikola Jokic next to a much more emotive Jamal Murray, his eyes narrowed and arms
Nikola Jokic had a career-high 53 points in the Denver Nuggets’ 129-124 loss to the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday night in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinals series. But all the postgame chatter was about him grabbing a ball away from the Suns owner Mat Ishbia in a scuffle at courtside and Ishbia’s
Suns owner Mat Ishbia who was involved in an altercation with Nikola Jokic in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals does not think that the Serbian superstar should be suspended. “Great win for the Suns last night in an amazing series so far! That should be and is the only story. Suspending or fining
Photo: Phoenix Suns/Twitter Devin Booker and Kevin Durant combined for 86 of 121 points for the Suns in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets. Phoenix defeated Denver 121-114 and now trails 2-1 in the series. Nikola Jokic talked about what is the main problem for his team, singling out Booker and
Nikola Jokic recorded the 85th triple-double of his career in the Nuggets’ win over the Celtics as he scored 30 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out 12 assists. The reigning two-time NBA MVP is a major part of why Denver is currently sitting atop the Western Conference. His head coach Michael Malone says that
Luka Doncic has registered some crazy games in 2022, including the first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA history. As we get ready to close the book on 2022, it’s time to look back at some of the top individual performances from this calendar year. We are publishing this list with two days remaining in 2022,
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has been named the 2021-22 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, the NBA announced today. This is the second Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Jokić, who also earned the honor last season. He becomes the 13th player to win the award in consecutive seasons, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Giannis Antetokounmpo,
Via the Denver Post: The 2021-22 season hadn’t even formally started when Nikola Jokic set the tone for how he planned to handle the unwanted MVP inquiries lobbed in his direction. Leaning up against a wall in the bowels of Ball Arena ahead of Denver’s season opener at Phoenix, Jokic said he “couldn’t care less,”
Nikola Jokic put up an dominant performance in Game 5 against the Warriors. The reigning league MVP scored 30 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and dished out 8 assists but it wasn’t enough for the Nuggets to get the win. After eliminating Denver from the playoffs, Golden State’s head coach Steve Kerr was relieved to not
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Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Kevin Durant knows whom he’d pick for MVP, at least as of Friday night: Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. “If I had to take a guess [who will win the award], I would go between Joel Embiid…DeMar DeRozan…and Ja Morant, for me,” he told reporters. “Those are my top three, and I
Photo: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris returned to action after a four-month absence. He was out with a whiplash injury which was caused by Nikola Jokic who shoved Morris during a game back in November. Inevitably, the topic of the scuffle with the reigning NBA MVP came up after Morris’ return.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic keeps moving up the NBA’s all-time triple-doubles list. Via ESPN.com: Nikola Jokic, inching closer to tying Wilt Chamberlain on the career triple-doubles list, joined the Hall of Famer as the only players with multiple 25-point triple-doubles on 80% shooting in NBA history on Sunday. Jokic had 27 points, 12 rebounds
Nikola Jokic’s historic triple-double in a win vs. the LA Clippers helped boost his Kia MVP campaign. • VOTE NOW for your 2022 NBA All-Stars! Admit it: you replayed it 10 times marveling at Nikola Jokic delivering the cross-court dime to the corner, launching the ball over a double-team with just enough room for Aaron Gordon
Denver Nuggets came away with a 130-128 OT win over the Los Angeles Clippers in a very entertaining game, where Nikola Jokic exploded for a 49-point triple-double to lead his team. Denver’s head coach Michael Malone had nothing but praise for the 2021 MVP after the contest. “That was an incredible game,” Malone said in
Nikola Jokic has been putting up stellar numbers in not only traditional categories but advanced stats too. Yet, the reigning MVP has flown under the radar for the same award this season. The 26-year-old center being so overlooked has riled up Nuggets Coach Michael Malone. During his postgame press conference with media following the Nuggets’
0 of 5 Nate Billings/Associated Press Some people don’t enjoy choppering in for NBA MVP checkups throughout the season. This exercise is not for them. Taking stock of the MVP race every so often, if not almost ad nauseam, is actually important. Cases for candidates are fluid, shapeshifting amid the ebbs and flows of a
After two seasons that were dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the N.B.A. thought it was returning to some version of normal this year. Instead, a wave of infections in the past few weeks has had a major impact on rosters and schedules, prompting game postponements and sidelining key players. Before that, though, several key
It is officially 2022 but it feels more like 1995 when discussing the Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers. Today’s NBA is all about guard play. Everyone wants to shoot the ball like Stephen Curry. They dream of having handles like Kyrie Irving. They wish for the IQ of Chris Paul and the athleticism of Ja