DENVER - With a blue banner commemorating the team's 2023 NBA championship hanging behind him at the Denver Nuggets practice facility, head coach Mike Malone described a sense of urgency for the 2024-25 season, a sentiment shared by star guard Jamal Murray recently during a locker room speech.
"He reminds his teammates, don't take this for granted," Malone said during the Nuggets' media day held Thursday. "He goes, 'We have a championship window, not every team has a championship window. And what do you do? Do you take advantage of that or do you look back in 20 years and have regrets?