The Denver Nuggets went through somewhat of a gap year as they await the recoveries of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. They still remained competitive and fortified their bench by re-signing Will Barton and JaMychal Green, as well as signing Jeff Green to contracts that run through next season. Nikola Jokic had his second straight MVP-caliber season, leading a short-handed Nuggets team to 48 wins. He will now aim to lead them tor a Finals run next season assuming good health and internal improvement.
The Nuggets will head into the 2022 offseason with limited flexibility but with several important objectives. While most of their roster is set and should improve on health and continuity alone, they also need to extend Jokic as well as bring back several key free agents. They are set to become significant taxpayers this season for the first time in over a decade, so it will be interesting to see how deep into the tax ownership is willing to go.
