We're one week away from the start of the 2022-23 NBA season, and after considering the championship cases of the seven teams the Vegas sharps project at the top of the league, I decided to take a closer look at a few other squads I find particularly compelling as we tiptoe closer to tipoff. Our look at the most interesting teams in the NBA — to me, if not necessarily to anyone else — begins in the Mile High City, with a question of faith.
at the start of the 2022 season, forcing Denver's dream to lie dormant, even as Jokic put the franchise on his back, a pair of MVP trophies on his mantle and a pair of disappointing postseason losses on his resume.
Now, though, Murray and Porter are back, knocking the rust off in preseason and eager to return to the business of blitzing unsuspecting defenses.
It's possible that, come the postseason, any defense built around Jokic will always be susceptible to opponents going small, spreading it out, and trying to force the big fella to help and defend in space.
Never one to shy away from the burden of elevated expectations, Malone set a goal for this year's Nuggets