LA Lakers star LeBron James feels the Denver Nuggets are stronger this season than they were when they finished it. While Stephen A. Smith has written off the Denver Nuggets chances of winning the 2025-26 championship, many astute minds regard them as strong contenders.
On Monday, just hours before the deadline, the Denver Nuggets granted Christian Braun his rookie contract extension, as the two sides agreed on a generous five-year, $125 million deal to keep him with the franchise through the 2030-31 season.
Two NBA stars signed major deals on the NBA’s contract extension deadline ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season. The Denver Nuggets are all set for the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, and the organization rewarded a key player.
It seems like the Denver Nuggets have learned their lesson. When they won the championship title in 2023, they let several key players leave the team. This summer, the organization worked hard on signing quality role players and surrounding Nikola Jokic with more talent.
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.
ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has claimed the Denver Nuggets will not win the 2025-26 NBA Championship. The Denver Nuggets pushed eventual champions Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in the Western Conference semifinals.
DENVER — The Nuggets’ front office has ensured stability for its championship core. Guard Christian Braun has agreed to a five-year, $125 million rookie contract extension with the Nuggets, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.
It looks like the Denver Nuggets will decide not to sign Peyton Watson to a rookie-scale extension before the NBA deadline on Monday afternoon. According to a report from ESPN's Shams Charania, the Nuggets and Watson will not agree to a new contract extension, and will leave the fourth-year wing set to hit restricted free agency next summer.
Renewing their commitment to pursuing another NBA title in 2025-26, the Denver Nuggets signed guard Christian Braun to a five-year, $125 million rookie contract extension, multiple outlets reported Monday.
After being an important member of the team’s bench unit during his first two years in Denver, Braun moved into the starting lineup last season following the departure of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency.
The Denver Nuggets have built a championship-caliber roster around three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, but they still have a very unique group. In today's NBA, most championship contenders are built around a "big three" or superstar duo of some kind, but the Nuggets are much different.
Former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone had quite the roller-coaster season. He led his team to the playoffs, only to be dismissed just days before the regular season ended for a few losses in a row.
The Denver Nuggets could be on the verge of signing Peyton Watson to a new deal before Monday's rookie-scale extension deadline, depending on how a few inner workings end up falling.
The Denver Nuggets don't seem to be trending in the right direction to get a deal done with fourth-year wing Christian Braun before next week's rookie-scale extension deadline.
In the Oklahoma City Thunder's path to an NBA championship last season, they lost just one game combined in the first round and the Western Conference Finals.
Aaron Gordon has cemented himself as the Denver Nuggets’ starting power forward over the past few years because of his athleticism and elite finishing, but that’s not all there is to his game.
Three-time MVP winner Nikola Jokic is one of the best players the NBA has ever seen. The Nuggets center’s elite combination of size, scoring and playmaking has allowed him to finish in the top-2 in MVP voting each of the last five years.
It's rare to see a future Hall of Famer willingly take a backup role at the end of his career. That's not the case with Russell Westbrook, who signed with the Sacramento Kings Wednesday for his 18th NBA season.