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Today, on DNVR Nuggets' Serbian Corner #128 /w Jake Coyne and Rayvone William Hackshaw III ✅Luka is a Laker ✅Nuggets roster needs ✅Trade limitations ✅Trade ideas ⏰Noon MT! youtube.com/watch?v=_a49pr… See you in the live chat!

If you want some Nuggets angles on the Luka trade as well as the trade deadline overall - excited to chat about it here in 10 minutes!

Nikola Jokic enters the day with a triple-double in each of his last 7 games against the Pelicans. It’s tied for the longest streak of games with a triple-double by any player against a single opponent in NBA history (Oscar Robertson vs. Bullets, 1963-64 – 1964-65).

Nikola Jokic tonight: 38 PTS, 10 AST, 5 made threes Michael Porter Jr. tonight: 39 PTS, 12 REB, 5 made threes They’re the first teammates in NBA history with 5+ made threes and a 35-point double-double in the same game.

Denver would need to clear $6.2M off their books to be eligible to sign Bruce (assumed signing date of 3/1). That would require moving Nnaji, or a combination of Saric + another small salary. Alternatively, I proposed a trade in my deadline preview that would get them there.

With tonight’s performance, Michael Porter Jr. became the first player in Nuggets franchise history to go for 30+ points and 5+ made three-pointers in three consecutive games.

Over his last 9 games, the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokić: is averaging a 30-point triple-double is shooting 60.0% from the field is undefeated No one else in NBA history has done all of that over a span longer than 4 games.

In NBA history, no player has ever finished a season ranking top 20 in all of: Points/Gm Rebounds/Gm Assists/Gm Steals/Gm FG% 3PT% Through three quarters of this season, Nikola Jokic ranks not only in the top 20 of each - he’s top 10 in every category.

Nikola Jokic tonight: 35 PTS 18 REB 75% FG Pct He’s the first player to do that against a team with an .800+ winning percentage since Walt Bellamy did so on March 5, 1965 against the Celtics.

Since Nikola Jokic debuted in 2015-16, he’s played in 45 of 48 (93.8%) games on ABC/TNT/ESPN. That’s 3rd highest among the 46 All-Stars with 40+ Nat’l TV games over that span - trailing only Jayson Tatum (95.9%) and Russell Westbrook (94.3%).

Denver will be right around the first tax apron with 12 players under contract (assuming Westbrook opts out, Saric opts in). Peyton Watson and Christian Braun are both extension eligible this summer, though those deals wouldn’t kick in until 2026-27.

Over the last 24 months including the playoffs, Porter Jr. has played the 2nd most games in the NBA, and the 5th most total minutes. Considering his injury history - it would make sense to give him some games off before the playoffs.

Michael Porter Jr. in the first half: 20 PTS 2 STL 100% FG Pct He joins Nikola Jokic (twice) as the only Nuggets in the last 20 years to do that in a single half.

A Saric opt out would put Denver close to reasonable range to use at least some of the non-taxpayer MLE this summer. This flexibility is only possible because Aaron Gordon pushed his raise of ~$10M back a season by opting into his 2025-26 option. Team-friendly move.

Over his last three games, Nikola Jokic became the first player in NBA history to have 135+ points and 30+ assists in a three-game span without a single win. Denver has scored 321 points with Jokic on the floor over that span - and he’s scored or assisted 207 of them (64.5%).

Nikola Jokic has gone the first 823 games of his career (incl. playoffs) without having a teammate who was an All-Star, All-NBA or All-Defensive player that season. Of the ~5000 players in NBA history, he’s the only one to go his first 700+ career games without such a teammate.

The closest player to Jokic: Elton Brand, who went his first 672 games without such a teammate prior to breaking his streak on December 7, 2009 - appearing in a game with Allen Iverson as his teammate (Iverson was an All Star that season).

Nikola Jokic finished this season ranking top three in the NBA in: Points/Gm Rebounds/Gm Assists/Gm Steals/Gm He’s the only player in NBA history to finish a season ranking top 10 in each category - and he was top three in each.

This season, Aaron Gordon shot 14.6% better from three-point range and 15.2% better from the free throw line than he did in 2023-24. He’s the first player in NBA history to improve by at least 10% in both categories in a single season (min. 110 attempts).

Russell Westbrook in the 4th quarter: Made layup at 3:37 (93-92) Made layup at 2:52 (95-94) Made three at 0:24 (98-96) He’s the first player in the PBP era (1997) to have three made shots in the final 4:00 of a playoff 4th quarter that took his team from trailing to leading.