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4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Nikola Jokic got reinforcements in the form of shooting and depth this offseason. Cam Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas, Bruce Brown, and Tim Hardaway Jr. will provide scoring and spacing. But did this Nuggets get better on defense? And do they need to get better defensively in order to contend for an NBA championship? What will they lose with Russell Westbrook's departure? The DNVR Nuggets podcast team discusses on today's live show. Plus, a look back at the 2018 season, a look ahead to opening night, and a look far into the future to predict who will be the team and player of the 2020s Intro - 0:00 Welcome in - 1:00 Kessler Edwards to the Nugs! - 4:40 Releasing the schedule one game at a time - 9:00 Nurk is out of shape - 20:32 Defensive Concerns? - 22:55 Teams and Players of the 2020s - 33:10 Looking back at the 2018 Nuggets - 44:00 📬 Denver sports in your inbox: https://thednvr.com/newsletter An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports BALL-KNOWER BONUS/Merch: https://promotion.allcitynetwork.com/promotions/store.allcitynetwork/7d48d294-4260-4bac-aca1-9a18eef8ca78 SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports BUY GOLDEN ERA: https://www.triumphbooks.com/golden-era-products-9781637273692.php?page_id=21 WWE at the DNVR Bar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wwe-summerslamwatch-party-tickets-1517484851039?aff=oddtdtcreator Cake Mortgage: Get started on your Cake Mortgage home loan today at https://start-nonqm-dnvr-sports.cakehome.com/ Toyota: Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Toyota - Let’s Go Places! First Bank: So, if you're ready for better banking and the chance to earn a little extra, head to efirstbank.com/bonus. Certain restrictions and requirements apply. Member FDIC. Raising Cane’s Rooftop Fridays: https://thednvr.com/event/friday-rooftop-club-at-coors-field-presented-by-raising-canes/ Monarch Money: Use Monarch Money to get control of your overall finances with 50% off your first year at https://www.monarchmoney.com/dnvr bet365: Go to https://www.bet365.com/hub/en-us/app-hero-banner-1?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=usapp&utm_medium=affiliate&affiliate=365_03485318 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up. Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER Go to https://millerlite.com/dnvr to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tastes like Miller Time. Celebrate Responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gametime: Download the app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Shady Rays: Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Get 10 FREE meals at https://hellofresh.com/freenuggets. Applied across 7 boxes, new subscribers only, varies by plan. When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #Nuglife

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0:00.0	What is up everybody?
0:08.4	Welcome to the DeaVier Nuggets podcast.
0:10.7	Let's go.
0:12.5	Let's go.
0:13.6	Live from an undisclosed location.
0:17.5	Everybody's off today somehow.
0:20.4	Every single person is in a different state except for yours truly
0:23.0	which how could that be how could it be how could you not last week i know but you're if we're all
0:30.5	in a different state that just means from each other technically we're all in a different state from
0:36.8	one another i love tiff is just going to keep hitting the
0:39.1	air horns too like just keep going i'll show long more air horns i'm not going i didn't realize
0:45.3	it just kept going i hit it once and it was like on loop on loop that's my bad at a certain point
0:53.0	at a certain point doesn't that become like a an alarm for danger? Like, should we, should we miss? Actually, this does bring me, before we get into all of our topics, you know what I heard maybe for the first time ever or maybe I just never noticed. Foghorn on like a big old tanker. Have you guys heard this? Yeah, it's very loud. I think I've heard one before. Yeah. It sounds good and it's so loud. It like shakes you. Yeah. I mean, I haven't thought about that in a while, but yeah. To finally, I can see that. I don't know why that's not more interesting to you. I thought that was so fascinating when I saw it.
1:28.5	Tiff, you need to find a foghorn that we replace our air horn.
1:31.9	Yeah.
1:33.3	I think that we all, I think we all hear per-
1:35.6	Desperately need it.
1:37.3	Yeah, we prefer to be more nautical.
1:39.1	Thank you.
1:39.5	We are deep in the off-season, of course.
1:41.4	This is the dog days, but we do have some stuff ESPN wrote an article where they said the number one concern for your Denver nuggets they outlined it and it's defense they don't think it's going to be any better than it was last year and it made me think should we think it's going to be better are they right that the nuggets are just going to suck on defense this year but their offense will be better we're also going to talk about, we did this last year. We're one year more into it, so the picture becomes more clear. Can the Nuggets still be the team of the 20s? Did they lose ground? Is there, are they now third? I think last year we said they were second. The Celtics were number one. Are they now third behind Oklahoma City and then of course Y course, Yokic, the player of the decade.
2:17.8	And then later on, the 2018 season, we're going to talk about that.
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