The Denver Nuggets enter the 2025-26 NBA season following a Western Conference Semifinals exit at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. They finished fourth in the Western Conference with a 50-32 record, dealing with a number of injuries and locker room issues throughout the season, including a mid-season firing of head coach Mike Malone. Now head coach David Adelman will look to build upon the succes from the back half of last season while maximizing Nikola Jokic 's prime.
Nikola Jokic finished second in Most Valuable Player voting behind Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but his three trophies in the last five years will speak for themselves. Jokic is primed for another historic season and just when experts think he can't get any better, the “Joker” figures out a way to redefine