This season, Jokić has started on a tear and was recognized as the Western Conference Player of the Month for October and November for his ingenious work on the court.

While the Nuggets are already considered to be one of the top teams in the Western Conference alongside the Thunder and the Houston Rockets, Jokic joked that the Nuggets will be the league’s dark horse, he said, per the Denver Post’s Bennett Durando.

The first episode of “The Old Man and the Three” featured Gordon as the first guest, with Cam Johnson as the main host. In the season three opener, the starting forward boldly predicted the Nuggets would win the championship.

The Nuggets are this close to being closer to a tier with Oklahoma City. But they’re coming up short in clutch situations.

Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman enumerated some of guard Jamal Murray's impressive accomplishments over the years.