How scary is the Nuggets? when we thought that without Jokic, the Clippers can at least snag a good win and carry their momentum. But they are also so inconsistent that they allow the Nuggets to take over the game in the last 2 quarters.

So yes, this is a good sign that Nuggets is proving themselves to be the top seed in the West right now.

No Jokic, they can win with Porter Jr and Jamal Murray taking the lead.

And I guess Jokic has matured already, so no more emotions in the playoff if ever they make it as a first seed in the West. And obviously, he doesn't have Jamal Murray at his wing that's why they have to fight it out in a very competitive playoff series.

He just need to be healthy and so is Murray and Michael Porter Jr, and Gordon, I think this is the best season that they had and hopefully it will not go to waste this time.

Yes, right? We thought they will be like a crippled team without him and yet they showed how good they are today.
We could say Murray is totally back, I have my doubts about Michael Porter Jr. and yet he is proving again how reliable he could be whenever they need him to step up his game.
So true, that's why I am also amazed at how they ended it. Closing games in a good lead had been an issue for many teams today and yet they did it perfectly without letting the Clippers have a run.
If this keeps up, they don't need to overuse Jokic and injuries can be prevented as Coach Michael Malone could now rotate his players and rest them well. Having a deep bench will do a lot of things for them.

Jokic and Murray plus all the role players around Denver, a very competitive team for the west. We don't know what will happen after the All-Star, but this team is expected to perform more.

With complete and healthy squad, the winning chance is good for Denver possible to see them chasing
another birth for the west finals, too early, but who knows right?

They have a lot of shooters now and good defenders. One great addition to their roster is KCP, his having a decent production this season averaging 11 PPG as a reserve. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/caldwke01.html

If this team will remain healthy, at least their big 3 (Jokic, Murray, and Porter Jr. ), this team should be a team to beat in the West. I know we have the Warriors who are the defending champ, but they will have having a problem against an opponent with good center because they don't have the height, just like last season. With the Nuggets having plenty of outside shooters and Murray able to create his own shot, that is something to watch for this playoffs.

It isn't tough but it's impossible for me.

Now that AD is injured "again", they are at the bottom of the standings. When AD, Lebron and Westbrook played, they are still at the bottom spot (highest that they've got I guess is around 12th). What I'm trying to say is that, their standings isn't changing at all. Whether their big 3 play or not, they will still remain at the bottom spot. Play-ins is the highest that they can get but looking at how they are right now, even that might be hard for them to achieve this season. It's your opinion though but for me, they will not enter the playoffs this season whether their big 3 will play or not.

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We are at the half of the regular season already and we've seen teams who are at the bottom last season but now at the top 8 and vice versa. Teams like Phoenix (currently 10th), Atlanta, Toronto and Chicago are out of the playoff spot but they entered the playoffs last season. On the other hand, teams like Sacramento and Indiana are now at the playoff spot.

There are teams who surprised on both ways. New Orleans, Cleveland, New York are now on the top while teams at like Utah, Miami and Golden State are now at the bottom 8. Surprises really do happen in NBA. The teams which are at the top last season will not maintain and be the same next season and vice-versa.

Indeed, there's no official statement or some news that can somehow link Clarkson to the San Antonio Spurs. The rumor with him and the Spurs began when he bought a mansion in San Antonio and it really coincide with event where he took down an offer from the Utah Jazz that's why the people took the bait and started talking about his transfer to Spurs but, I do think that the bases established are too shallow.

And just like with the link that you provided, Clarkson is still really interested to wear the same jersey next season. So maybe the Jazz and Clarkson will somehow find a way to be in the same page before the trade deadline ends or before he goes into the free agency.

People are even rooting for the Utah Jazz already to participate in the upcoming playoffs because despite of the fact that the team is still rebuilding, they are showing some good signs from having a consistent performance since the season started and still getting some improvement in every games which is quite unexpected from a team that is supposed to be tanking this season. Hopefully, the Jazz can adjust with Clarkson's price for at least a year to see where will this team go.

maybe I'm wrong in my comment because I haven't followed the nba for many years, but now that I've started to follow the nba games I notice that the lakers need to play games with some potential for the team to have good results in the long term, that's enough seeing that the lakers have Russell Westbrook who is a good player but he is 34 years old, and the lakers are very dependent on LeBron who is constantly the best scorer on the team, that would be a very good thing if we were talking about LeBron being 25 years old , but with his age and the extreme dependence that the team has on him, the lakers are in a very bad position, it looks like LeBron carried the whole team alone, I saw LeBron's interview complaining where he said he didn't know which one and the identity of the lakers, I imagine he spoke in that tone due to the inconsistency of the team

It may seem like the Lakers' place in the standings doesn't change, and they're still at the bottom, but the fact is they only have 3 fewer wins than the Jazz, who are currently in 8th place in the standings. So the Lakers still have a chance to make both the play-in tournament and the playoffs, but they need Davis for that. Honestly, I think the Lakers have been performing a lot better lately compared to their performance earlier this season. Let me remind you that the Lakers started this season extremely poorly, as they had 2 wins and 10 losses at that moment.