Tim Legler on Jokic's Injury IMPACT, The NEW Problem With The NBA's Awards & More

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4.7 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Nikola Jokic is sidelined at least four weeks with a hyperextended knee, and Tim Legler breaks down the injury impact on the Denver Nuggets, the Western Conference standings, and what it means for their playoff push. Hear Legler’s honest reaction with Harrison Wind to the injury scare, why Denver can still stay afloat with a brutal road stretch ahead, and how reinforcements like Aaron Gordon could change the outlook when Jokic returns. Plus, the conversation dives into Jamal Murray’s All-Star level season, how defenses will adjust without Jokic, and the growing “65-game rule” problem affecting NBA awards and MVP eligibility.

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0:00.0	Legs, it's been a tough 24 hours for us here in Denver, here in Colorado, Nicole Yokic
0:04.8	goes down the other night. And initially it looked really scary. Find out he's going to be out
0:10.0	at least four weeks with a hyper extended knee. Initially, my thoughts were, wow, this could be really
0:15.9	bad. Then I see the news. Okay. Sigh a relief. Then reality kind of sets in for me
0:21.6	and I think all of us and it's like,
0:23.7	man, we're gonna be without Nicole Yokic
0:25.3	for the next month, month and a half.
0:26.5	This could get really rough.
0:28.9	What are just your general thoughts?
0:30.2	What was your instant reaction to seeing Joker go down
0:33.2	and then where kind of Denver goes from here?
0:35.9	Well, I think initially, first of all,
0:37.3	let me say I,
0:38.7	I unfortunately have become really good at predicting these injuries,
0:44.9	like what they are once I watch the play.
0:47.7	Yeah.
0:47.9	Part of it is because I learned so much about the anatomy of the knee when,
0:51.7	because I've had, I tore both.
0:53.9	So I tore my three ligaments in my right knee
0:56.0	when I was playing I tore two ligaments in my left knee when I was out had got done playing
1:00.7	I was trying to make a comeback to the league um and just learning about like what the motion is
1:05.8	that makes that ACL tear and looking at that I thought he'd was surprised. I was wrong. I was very grateful
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