The 2021-22 NBA season was a little bit of an odd one for the Denver Nuggets. It’s hard to recall a team rostering a back-to-back MVP with lower expectations.
No man is an island in the National Basketball Association. Nikola Jokic may be the best playmaking big man in the history of his sport. He still couldn’t drag the Nuggets past the first round of the playoffs by himself.
Jamal Murray missed the entire season due to injury. Michael Porter Jr. missed the bulk of it too. Jokic performed about as well as one could expect without his second and third offensive options.
It was enough to earn an MVP award, but his Nuggets were never a serious threat to win the NBA championship.
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Next year, he’ll surely have more support. Murray and Porter Jr. should be back in full swing. With that said, what if the Nuggets brokered a trade that got him even more support?
Support like, for example, Damian Lillard. If the Trail Blazers are ready to move on from their longtime franchise player, here are three deals that land him in the Mile High City.