The Denver Nuggets had a hell of a season. Here’s what we learned, in no particular order:
The Nuggets are legitimate contenders
Internally, expectations for the Nuggets this season were made clear at media day: this was a team that will compete for a championship. Not many people outside of Denver actually believed it. Well, after another top-3 finish in the regular season and a playoff run that saw the Nuggets knock out the title favorite Los Angeles Clippers, it is clear as day. The Denver Nuggets are for real.
It might have taken two 3-1 comebacks to get there, but that doesn’t discredit anything that the Nuggets accomplished.