Building around Nikola Jokic moving forward

About this episode

Ryan Blackburn evaluates the performance of Denver Nuggets centers and discusses strategies for building around Nikola Jokic.

Ryan Blackburn does the 2025-26 season grades for Denver Nuggets centers. He discusses Nikola Jokic, Jonas Valanciunas, and Zeke Nnaji before breaking down what the Nuggets must do to build around Jokic for the rest of his career.

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Blackburn

Topics covered

• Denver Nuggets
• Nikola Jokic
• basketball analysis
• 2025-26 season grades
• team building

Keywords

• Nikola Jokic
• Denver Nuggets
• basketball
• season grades
• team building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Denver Nuggets

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