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Teams with the best players have wider margins for errors. The Denver Nuggets don’t have the ideal cap sheet, as they’re overpaying small forward Michael Porter Jr., and guard Jamal Murray hasn’t been as consistent as the team hoped due largely to injury issues. Nikola Jokic has never had an All-Star teammate, and the roster isn’t very deep as currently constructed.
Yet, the Nuggets pushed the Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in the Western Conference semifinals and were a true contender this season. There have been good investments like small forward Aaron Gordon’s contract and the drafting of guard Christian Braun, but those only matter because Jokic is the best player in basketball. Even an average team around him has a shot at contending every year.
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