Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has become well known for dropping off the map during the NBA offseason, usually opting for drama-free summers with his horses in Serbia. It's a running joke among fans that Jokic is just passing time during the season until he can get back to his preferred leisure time.

This young Thunder team has done a lot in the past few years, but a Game 7? Sunday will be a first, and it'll be unlike anything they've experienced.

Nuggets Can Offer Nikola Jokic Support He Needs With New NBA Trade Idea originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Denver Nuggets managed to push the Western Conference Champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to seven games in the NBA Playoffs. They ran out of gas in that seventh game.

Paul Pierce urges Denver Nuggets to trade Michael Porter Jr. for DeMar DeRozan in deal with Sacramento Kings this offseason.

That is the case ahead of Tuesday’s Game 5 between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. They just played Sunday with a game that featured 179 combined points, and currently have an Over ...

Adelman and the Nuggets were up to the challenge, though, as the team responded to having a new voice in the locker room, taking a thrilling seven-game series against the Clippers and following that up with a seven-game slugfest against the Thunder, the prohibitive favorites to win the NBA championship.

It didn't take long for the man who gave David Adelman his first head coaching job to realized the Nuggets' new coach was overqualified. The problem for Jeff Peeler was that Adelman's father, Rick, saw the same thing and gave his son his first job in the NBA.

DENVER — The most valuable thing sitting on the Nuggets bench during the playoffs was the first aid kit. Until that changes, neither will anything on Nikola Jokic’s spring travel itinerary. Another Memorial Day in Sombor. Another June with no parade. Another year closer to the end of the greatest career in Nuggets history.