A new NBA season means a new cycle of opining eight months into the future from basketball fans and talking heads.
There are 82 games to play, but the question is impossible to avoid: Who will win the title? Here are five reasons the Nuggets will — and won’t — repeat as champions.
Why the Nuggets will repeat
1. Nobody has a defensive answer for the Joker
As busy as this offseason was around the NBA, the Nuggets still hold the highest card in the league. Not one team acquired a big man convincing enough to slow down Nikola Jokic.