Denver Nuggets: Offseason lessons from the Suns series
By Sean Carroll
The Denver Nuggets have officially been eliminated from the NBA playoffs in the second round against the Phoenix Suns. Denver went into the series on a high but a rolling, healthy Suns team was too much for the Nuggets missing key contributors in Jamal Murray, PJ Dozier, and Will Barton for the start.
Say what you will about the Nikola Jokic ejection, or any part of the final game, that final buzzer means the Nuggets have begun their offseason.
It’s going to be one of the more interesting offseasons in recent history with a short-term Jamal replacement needed a few moves around the fringe.
This article is looking at what can be gleaned from the Suns series, looking at how Denver got picked apart and beaten so convincingly, and how they can address those issues.