If the Nuggets are going to exceed last year’s run to the Western Conference semifinals, the team’s deepest playoff run in a decade, here are the things that can make it happen:
Depth: It’s not a stretch to say the Nuggets have 12 players who could step on the court on opening night and contribute. Michael Malone can’t play them all, and guys worthy of minutes are going to be cut out. Such is life on a team expected to contend for a championship.
Heading into the 2019-’20 season, the Nuggets’ biggest strength might be their bench.