ESPN’s Tim MacMahon only had great things to say about Jamal Murray and the Nuggets, yet Denver finds themselves below the No. 4 New York Knicks, who are 2-2 to start the season and have suffered consecutive losses. <\/p>\n
“Could this be the season that Jamal Murray finally joins Nikola Jokic in the All-Star Game? Murray is off to a spectacular start, averaging 30.3 points and 6.0 assists on .530\/.429\/.923 shooting splits,” MacMahon wrote. “…Murray, who got off to a sluggish start last season, reported to training camp in phenomenal shape, which has been reflected in his aggressiveness attacking the paint.”<\/p>\n
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Oct 14, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) talks with head coach David Adelman during the first half against the Chicago Bulls at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images \/ Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
On Monday night, the Nuggets broke a dreadful six-game losing streak to the Minnesota Timberwolves, seemingly marking the beginning of an optimistic new era in Denver. Even with an early-season loss to the Warriors, vibes are high with this new-look Nuggets team, and their offseason moves are already paying off. <\/p>\n
The Nuggets have proven to have one of the best bench units in the NBA, and with three-time MVP Nikola Jokic leading the starting group, there is no doubt that they can compete for a championship. While it would be bold to have them at number one in the power rankings, dropping them out of the top four is certainly exaggerated. <\/p>\n
Of course, these power rankings have no real meaning behind them, but after beating the Phoenix Suns and Timberwolves by a combined 35 points to sweep their last two games, they should be commanding a bit more respect. <\/p>\n
The Nuggets will have their next chance to dominate a Western Conference opponent on Wednesday night, as they host the New Orleans Pelicans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets have had a near-ideal start to their 2025-26 campaign, winning back-to-back games after losing their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-248710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}