The Denver Nuggets now have the best front court in the league ever since DeMarcus Cousins left the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Denver Nuggets should have a healthy Paul Millsap for this coming season. With him and Nikola Jokic, they should finally get what they were expecting last season when Millsap came to town.
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Last year, the Pelicans clearly had the best front court in the NBA when they had Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins. With Cousins now on the Warriors, the door is open now for the Nuggets’ front court to take the number one spot.
For those who are wondering, the Golden State Warriors do NOT have the best front court. Draymond Green is a star, but I still would take Paul Millsap over him as of today. The Detroit Pistons have Andre Drummond and Blake Griffin.
Andre Drummond is a terrible free throw shooter (60.5% from the free throw line last season.) Not to mention, Griffin has had injury problems ever since he came into the league. Millsap can space the floor with jump shot (career 49.1% shooting from the field) and also has the necessary defensive grit.
Millsap has a career defensive rating of 103 and even had a couple of seasons where he had a defensive rating below 100 (96 and 99.) Nikola Jokic continues to make strides every season.
He has already taken the league by storm. Jokic averaged 6.1 assists per game last season and also averaged 18.5 points per game. Not to mention, he also had an offensive rating of 121 last year. The season before, his offensive rating was a high 126. So, this rating did decrease, but nothing to be concerned about in terms of his offensive production.
The Denver Nuggets now have the best front court in the NBA in Nikola Jokic and Paul Millsap and there should be no question about this statement.
All stats were verified via basketball reference.