Tag: Denver Nuggets

Breaking: Jamal Murray signs 4-year, $208 million extension

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Via James Herbert, CBS Sports Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets have agreed to a four-year, $208 million contract extension, his agents, Jeff Schwartz and Mike George, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. This is the richest extension the Nuggets could offer Murray. It will kick in during the 2025-26 season and keep him under contract through 2028-29. Murray, 27, has spent his entire career with the Nuggets since they drafted him No. 7 overall in 2016. Last season, he averaged 21.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 59 regular-season games.

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Russell Westbrook inks 2-year, $6.8 million deal with Nuggets

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courtesy of nba.com The Denver Nuggets added some depth to their backcourt in a reported deal that had long been expected. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Westbrook and the Denver Nuggets have agreed to a two-year, $6.8 million deal. Westbrook was dealt to the Utah Jazz on July 18 but was waived two days later. His move to Denver had been reported since the initial deal that allowed the LA Clippers to work a sign-and-trade deal with the Jazz to acquire guard Kris Dunn.

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Coby White and Patrick Williams both top 20 in Bulls preseason loss

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Courtesy of Sam Smith at bulls.com Coby White for Most Improved Player. Start the campaign. The Bulls lost 116-102 to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday with their Big Three starters resting, along with Alex Caruso. But that didn’t stop White, the insouciant Bulls guard who looks like the starter for the season, to bouncily impress against the best of the defending champions with 20 points in 22 minutes, making three of seven three pointers and repeatedly criss crossing for difficult drives and pull-ups or laser guided threes that barely wriggled…

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Dual Trip-dubs from Jokić and Murray powers Denver past Miami

Brandon King

Courtesy of NBA.com news services Never had two players from the same team had 30-point triple-doubles in the same game. Never in the regular season. Never in the playoffs. Certainly never in the NBA Finals. Until now. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Denver center Nikola Jokic became the first player in NBA history to record 30+ points, 20+ rebounds and 10+ assists in a Finals game. Dominating every aspect of the game, Jokic finished with 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Miami Heat 109-94 to…

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June 7, 2023 NBA Finals StatCap : Big nights for Murray and Jokić put Denver up 2-1

Brandon King

Player Spotlight – Nikola Jokić and Christian Braun Nikola Jokić showed up and showed out in Game 3. Unlike the previous contest, where he did pour in 43 points, Jokić did not affect the game in the myriad of ways he does on the offensive game. That was not the case Wednesday night as Jokić did put in 32 points but he also pulled in 21 rebounds and dished out ten assists, becoming the first player to turn in a 30+point, 20+rebounds and 10+ assists in a NBF Finals Game.…

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We have a series, NBA Finals tied at 1

Brandon King

The Denver Nuggets entered the NBA Finals coming off a sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in which they looked like the superior team for nearly every second of the series. The Miami Heat, on the other hand,  entered the finals saving themselves from the greatest postseason collapse by defeating Boston in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The prevailing thought was not whether would Denver win the NBA Finals, but rather how many games it would take. After Denver’s 104-93 win in Game 1, it appeared the remaining games…

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May 22, 2023 NBA Playoffs: Nuggets send Lakers with WCF sweep

Brandon King

Spotlight- The Denver Nuggets starting lineup Though Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray will get their share of the praise for completing Denver’s sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, it was a team effort, particularly the Nuggets starting five. All five Denver’s starters scored in double figures, and scored 105 of the team’s 113 points. Who Got It Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 LeBron James LAL DEN…

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May 20, 2023 NBA Playoff StatCap: End could be near for Lakers

Brandon King

Player Spotlight – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown Jamal Murray was amazing early and Nikola Jokić came on late but throughout the game it was the duo of Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope who had their hand prints on the game. Caldwell-Pope scored 17 points and connected on four key three- pointers. In addition to the plays he made on the defensive end, Brown also scored is points. Who Got it Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB…

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Nuggets push Lakers to the brink in 119-108 win

Brandon King

Jamal Murray came started the game white-hot, scoring 30 of his 37 points in the first half. When the Murray express sputtered in the second half, timely baskets and plays from Kentavious Caldwell Pope and Bruce Brown, who finished with 17 and 15 points, respectively,  helped the Nuggets keep the Lakers at bay and helped Denver claim a 119-108 victory to put the series in a 3-0 stranglehold.  The Nuggets led by twelve, 32-20 at the end of the first quarter. Jamal Murray came out sharp, dropping 17 points on 7-9…

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