” In the not so distant future“. This is the expression used by Tim Connelly, the president of the Nuggets, when he was questioned on Friday about the availability of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.: “ It’s up to them… We’re going to allow them to play in the not-too-distant future, and they’ll have to figure out if they’re ready and when.“.
These would obviously be two prime “rookies” for Denver to attack down the stretch, and according to the denver post, the two should be able to play again before the end of the regular season. We can therefore expect them to be in uniform at the end of March, beginning of April, but the daily recalls that their injuries and their convalescences are different, but also that Porter Jr. is a regular in operations, more particularly in the back. The young Nuggets winger should therefore better manage this recovery because he has already been there, and he already knows the sensations of a recovery.
“We couldn’t be happier with his situation in terms of his recovery and progress to play again.” said his agent Mark Bartelstein. “He can’t wait to play again, but we have to tick all the boxes first. We couldn’t imagine a better situation for him. “
For Murray, it’s an unknown, and the Denver Post insists on the mental side of this return to competition. The management have already warned him that they are ready to wait until next season, and that it is Murray, when he feels comfortable, who will give the green light.
Proof that the Nuggets are seriously considering their return, they were not as aggressive as expected during the “trade deadline” because they did not want to recover players who could have slowed down the recovery of their two star players.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Nikola Jokic | 48 | 32.9 | 57.8 | 37.5 | 81.6 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 13.6 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 25.8 |
| Will Barton | 47 | 32.6 | 44.4 | 37.5 | 77.8 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| Aaron Gordon | 49 | 31.7 | 52.0 | 33.7 | 73.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 14.7 |
| Monte Morris | 51 | 30.0 | 47.4 | 37.3 | 84.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| Jeff Green | 50 | 24.6 | 51.4 | 32.1 | 81.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
| Bryn Forbes | 11 | 20.5 | 40.2 | 38.8 | 88.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Michael Porter, Jr. | 9 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.9 |
| Bones Hyland | 42 | 17.7 | 36.6 | 34.8 | 88.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 38 | 16.4 | 54.7 | 49.3 | 61.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| Jamychal Green | 41 | 14.7 | 46.0 | 26.4 | 87.3 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| austin rivers | 40 | 21.1 | 40.6 | 35.2 | 70.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Demarcus Cousins | 5 | 13.3 | 25.7 | 23.1 | 64.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 51 | 20.1 | 38.0 | 31.3 | 80.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Pj Dozier | 18 | 18.9 | 36.4 | 31.2 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 14 | 10.9 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| davon reed | 28 | 14.2 | 47.4 | 43.4 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| Markus Howard | 22 | 6.1 | 37.0 | 43.4 | 92.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| bowl bowl | 14 | 5.8 | 55.6 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Rayjon Tucker | 3 | 9.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| James Ennis | 3 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Petr Cornelie | 13 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| carlik jones | 2 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
