After an eight-year experiment in extreme basketball patience, the Nuggets have 10 scant days to grow up and become a legitimate championship contender.
The Nuggets don’t have another NBA season of center Nikola Jokic’s MVP prime to waste. It’s Finals or bust for Denver players who like to talk about it, but can’t seem to grasp the simple notion there’s zero room for excuses in a serious pursuit of the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Don’t know about you, but I’m tired of waiting for guard Jamal Murray to round into his NBA bubble form, forward Aaron Gordon to hit a wide-open jump shot and Denver bench players to develop a reliable winning identity.
