The Nuggets have been slowly improving the team's performance in recent seasons, and once hit the first place in the West, but after entering the playoffs, the Nuggets will always drop the chain at key moments. Especially after the offseason did not make a lot of reinforcements, the Nuggets are believed to be left behind in the new season. However, after the start of the new season, the Nuggets came up with a new look that surprised everyone.
In fact, as early as last season's playoffs, the Nuggets had high hopes, and after they introduced Gordon, they were regarded as the biggest dark horse in the Western Playoffs. After successfully reaching the Western Conference semifinals, the Nuggets suddenly lost their form in the face of the more unpromising Sun, especially Jokic's targeting on the offensive end, which made the Nuggets eventually swept away, and the main player Jokic also received a lot of criticism.
In order to better help the team in the new season, Jokic practiced hard in the offseason and let himself lose weight again, which increased his flexibility on the field. For Jokic, he will take on more responsibilities in the new season, after all, Murray still needs to continue to truce, and Jokic, as the only tactical core of the team, if he does not play a certain stable performance, then it is not easy for the Nuggets to rush into the encirclement in the West.
Although a center forward, Jokic's passing is unmatched by many defenders. When Jokic was holding the ball at the top of the arc, the opponent was afraid of his shot and had to go forward to pack the clip, and due to his height, Jokic was always able to find teammates in the defensive vacancy and complete the assist. When Jokic is ready to attack with the ball, Gordon will also come forward to form a block with him, and Jokic will also choose the most suitable opportunity to pass the ball, such a tactic will also become one of the main tactics of the Nuggets in the new season.
On the offensive end, Jokic's playing style is even more unpredictable. Taking the first game of the new season as an example, Jokic taught Ayton a good lesson. When Ayton stepped forward to defend Jokic, Jokic used his footsteps to change his opponent's layup score, and when Ayton chose to defend at a fixed point, Jokic was able to make his opponent helpless with his stable mid- and long-range shots. If this performance is maintained, Jokic will become the Nuggets' top scorer this season.
In the various honor predictions of the offseason, Jokic is not optimistic about the defending MVP, in addition to the only alphabet brother defending the MVP in recent years, Durant, Embiid, Doncic and other people are also more optimistic about the performance in the new season. But Jokic was slighted last season, and in the end he won the MVP trophy, and if he can lead the Nuggets to stabilize in the top three positions in the West during Murray's truce, then he still has hope of defending the MVP.
The Nuggets are also well prepared for the growing strength of the new season, and the only thing they need to pay attention to for now is that they should also find a second-team scoring leader during Murray's truce. Morris and Jeff Green have the promise of being like that, and if the Nuggets can use the opening season to develop second-team fighting ability, they will have a lot to do in this year's playoffs.