As opening night for the 2025-26 NBA season quickly approaches, Russell Westbrook is still without a team. Westbrook, who spent last season with the Denver
The Denver Nuggets head into the 2025-26 NBA season with one of the best rosters in the Western Conference looking to claim their fourth-straight year of a 50-win campaign, while also looking the part as one of the few top contenders who are in prime position for a championship run.
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 102-94 in a rematch of last year’s playoff contest – with several new faces on each team. Aaron Gordon led all scorers with 18, Nikola Jokic added 12 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in 22 minutes, and the Clippers were led by Kawhi Leonard with 17 and Brook Lopez with 15.
An NBA team hasn’t shown interest in signing Russell Westbrook to a potential contract. Last season, Westbrook was with the Denver Nuggets as the team’s sixth man.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
Russell Westbrook's body of work speaks for itself: he's a one-time MVP, nine-time All-Star, a member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and the all-time leader in triples-doubles with 203.
Returning Denver Nuggets guard Bruce Brown seemingly had some notable interest in free agency across the league with a few other teams before opting to return to his former home in the Mile High.
While some have suggested the Oklahoma City Thunder reunite with Russell Westbrook, the veteran guard who remains a free agent amid preseason, Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony strongly disagrees.
Veteran point guard Russell Westbrook remains an unrestricted free agent after he opted out of his $3.47MM player option with the Nuggets in June. Throughout
Last season, the Denver Nuggets finished their 2024-25 campaign with their third-straight year logging over 50 wins, securing a 50-32 overall record to finish fourth in the Western Conference.
The Denver Nuggets have split the first two games in the preseason and learned some things about their squad in the process – now it’s time to keep the show on the road and visit the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Denver Nuggets still have a handful of preseason contests to go before the real regular season action gets underway later this month, facing two games on the road while staying at home for one to provide a few more early looks at what this refreshed roster looks like heading into the new year and the official 82-game slate.
Russell Westbrook’s free agency is ongoing. Meanwhile, most of the NBA seems to have moved on for the time being. In less than two weeks, the NBA’s regular season will be underway, and Westbrook might not be on an opening night roster for the first time in over a decade.
The Denver Nuggets took a chance on Christian Braun with the 21st pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, and the decision to select the standout guard coming off a National Championship with Kansas certainly seems to have been the right choice.
It’s a strange world we live in when a future first-ballot Hall of Famer is sitting at home, phone not ringing, while teams are filling out their rosters with guys who couldn’t hold his jockstrap a few years ago.
As the preseason unfolds, many NBA analysts scramble to extract relevant information for their season projections. It’s a flawed approach given that these exhibitions are more meaningful for the franchises’ marketing departments than actual athletic preparation.
In the high-stakes world of NBA camaraderie, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic recently turned heads –and elicited chuckles — by donning a custom T-shirt emblazoned with “What can Braun do for you?” during a press conference.
Strahinja Jokic has officially been sentenced over his 2024 incident with a fan. Strahinja, who is the older brother of Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, pled guilty on Friday to trespassing and disorderly conduct in connection with his punch of a fan at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo.
The former MVP opted out of his deal with the Denver Nuggets at the end of the 2024-25 campaign. Since then, he's failed to secure a contract with another NBA team.
One of the biggest moves the Denver Nuggets made this offseason was reuniting with Bruce Brown, who was an integral cog in the franchise’s championship run in 2023.